Washington Life Magazine - November 2009

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THE CREATIVE ISSUE

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Meet Washington's vanguards – the musicians, artists, writers, tastemakers in film, fashion, new media, and culinary arts, that are leading the charge in making the region a national creative hub.

WL LUXURY TRAVEL

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Fancy a holiday shopping spree? Why not take your act on the road to the United Kingdom and purvey the luxury haunts of London's posh West End. Tally ho!

LIFE OF THE PARTY

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The gauntlet of the bustling fall 2009 social season has tapered into the holiday season and our intrepid editorial team was there nightly at the region's most exclusive parties, galas, and balls. Were you? Find out.

ON THE COVER The Washington Ballet's artistic director Septime Webre in Gatsby garb for the company's upcoming production. (Photo by Tim Coburn). /MAIN PHOTO iStrategyLabs' founder Peter Corbett, pictured near his office in Dupont Cirlce, heds up the New Media section of our creative feature. (Photo by Anchyi Wei) / TOP LEFT The interior of the Dunhill flagship store in London's West End. / BOTTOM LEFT Christopher and Jennifer Isham with actress Kerry Washington and White House deputy social secretary Ebs Burnough at the Meridian Ball. (Photo by Tony Powell).

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MEYERHOFF COLLECTION DINNER The National Gallery celebrates one of its greatest gifts ever ...........................

EDITOR’S LETTER ...................................................

LIFE OF THE PARTY

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THE INSIDER’S GUIDE Sette Bello's autumn menu, Mona Taner's unique boutique, and wine tours by Reston Limo ........

MERIDIAN BALL Diplomats dine and dance ...............

VPP RECEPTION Ann Brown hosts an impressive crowd .

ESFANDIARI BOOK PARTY Honoring a brave survivor of oppression and a moving memoir ...........................................

SOCIAL CALENDAR The gala marathon continues ......

CHARITYWORKS DREAM BALL A party to warm the heart at the National Building Museum .................................

WHO'S NEXT Actor Alexander Strain..............................

HRC DINNER Pres. Obama and Lady Gaga take the stage ..

AMERICAN INDIAN MUSEUM GALA Honoring a legendary culture and marking several important milestones ........

HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE Treats for the sweet ................

CAPITAL FOR CHILDREN CASINO NIGHT "High rollers" help children in need ..................................

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THELONIOUS MONK JAZZ COMPETITION A musical evening celebrating a Blue Notes Records milestone ..

AROUND TOWN The PEN/Faulkner Gala's literary lights; local reporters don aprons for charity ......................................

LAST KISS OF SUMMER The season ends with a reception benefiting Second Chance Employment .................................

PAINT THE TOWN Acclaimed photographer Philip Trager

NIAF GALA Say it in Italian: "Ciao, bello!"...................

OVER THE MOON Autumnal affairs in Hunt Country...

BABYLOVE/SASSANOVA OPENING Fashion folks celebrate a new store and charity launch ..................................

PARTIES PARTIES PARTIES ...................................

among the capital's most intriguing visual and performing artists, writers, chefs, filmmakers, and more ...................................

WESTFIELD STYLE TOUR "Project Runway" winner

MY WASHINGTON Artist Sam Gilliam's favorite places.

THANKSUSA GALA A fête in honor of the troops.........

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CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER BENEFIT A rooftop

WL FASHION On stage at the Shakespeare Theatre ...........

DC VOTES GALA Champions of Democracy gather for a cause

WL LUXURY TRAVEL Discover London's West End .......

FRIENDS OF THE EARTH TH ANNIVERSARY The eco-organization celebrates its past and new beginning ......

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ON STEFAN: Polo by Ralph Lauren grey cargo pants with large pockets ($445) and camel cable-knit sweater ($1,200), Burberry metal blue pinstripe shirt ($325), and Metropolitan View camel leather penny loafers ($145); Bloomingdale’s, 5300 Western Ave., Chevy Chase, Md., 240-744-3700, www. bloomingdales.com. (Photo by Gary Landsman.)

HOLLYWOOD ON THE POTOMAC Michael Moore hits close to home and the Italians revel at NIAF.....................

DIPLOMATIC DANCE Hail, farewell, and a quiz ..........

SPECIAL FEATURE CREATIVE POWER Highlighting the best and brightest

FASHION EVENT All Access Fashion takes on Tysons with "Project Runway" host Tim Gunn ...................................

HOME LIFE INSIDE HOMES An enchanting renovation of Evalyn Walsh McLean's former Georgetown mansion ..................................

HISTORICAL LANDSCAPES Honoring the valiant victims of a forgotten war ......................................................

OPEN HOUSE Choice properties currently for sale............

RE NEWS Vintage Virginia .............................................

Christian Siriano at Westfield Montgomery Mall .....................

reception to benefit youth in need ....................................

VIRGINIA GOLD CUP Braving the elements in Washington Life's tent ................................................................

FIGHT FOR CHILDREN GOLF TOURNAMENT A day on the links for kids ................................................

HIGHER ACHIEVEMENT Supporters gather to benefit the organization's scholars and education programs .....................

AMERICA'S POLO CUP A picture-perfect polo day .....

WL EXCLUSIVE EVENTS W HOTEL OPENING A operatic grand opening ..........

NSO OPENING BALL Music, dinner, and dancing .......

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Capital of Creation Washington can be proud of its artists, writers, musicians, and other highly talented residents

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hen people who live outside of the Beltway speak of “creative” places, our fair city’s name rarely springs to their lips. Los Angeles is far more imaginative, they say, because the film industry is headquartered there.

New York may boast of a major world art scene, fashion, Broadway, and so much more. Boston is home to Harvard, MIT, many distinguished writers and scientists …

What we know – and they usually don’t – is that there is a lot more to creativity in Washington than assembling a bipartisan coalition to pass health care reform or crafting an ingenious amendment to a defense bill. To get that point across, we’ve labored to explore some of the many ways in which area residents do more than hold their own in the creative department.

Our 80-plus producing theaters, for example, give us pride of place among the top theater towns in the nation. There are nationally important performing and visual artists here (having the Kennedy Center and so many art museums does help!) and literary stars aplenty, to say nothing of pioneers in new media, film, interior and fashion design, and the culinary arts. We’ve included as many of them as we can in our by-no-means comprehensive cover feature to help you discover information about the people who make Washington one of the world’s most creative and interesting cities.

A formerly fashion-deprived outpost where the incomparable gossip columnist Diana McLellan (The “Ear”) felt compelled to write a story titled “I am Not a Frump” has completely changed – as you will surely note when you see our fall spread devoted to dramatic fall fashions, shot on location at the Shakespeare Theatre’s Sidney Harman Hall.

The holidays are looming even as our readers are donning black-tie apparel for the busy fall social season. Managing Editor Karin Tanabe flew to London to report on glamorous holiday shopping in that city’s famed West End. If your shopping must be done closer to home, our

five-page gift guide is full of inspiring ideas for her, him, the host, and of course, for you.

In our Q&A with acclaimed dance and architectural photographer Philip Trager, we learn that the city’s nooks and crannies inspire artistic expression on par with sunset views of the Capitol, White House, and Lincoln Memorial.

Another eminent artist graces this issue as well: painter Sam Gilliam, who muses about his favorite places in the second installment of our “My Washington” feature.

Our social coverage continues, as always, to include an insider’s look at recent top events, including the WL-sponsored Meridian Ball, the CharityWorks Dream Ball, the Human Rights Campaign Gala (attended for the first time by a sitting president), the Virginia Gold Cup fall races, and the America’s Cup of Polo.

We also have the exclusive on a Venture Philanthropy Partners gathering at the home of Don and Ann Brown.

Our calendar is chockablock with major gatherings this month, so we’ll count on seeing you at the Lombardi Cancer Center and Sibley Hospital benefits, the St. Jude’s Blues Ball, and the Washington Performing Arts Society’s gala.

Nancy R. Bagley Editor in Chief Readers wishing to contact Nancy can email info@washingtonlife.com

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EDITOR’S PICK En Pointe

Washington Life joins Bloomingdale’s and The Washington Ballet for RUNWAY EN RELEVÉ REDUX – a private fashion event featuring the ballet’s dancers and committee members on the catwalk in this season’s hottest designs. Expect music, hors d’oeuvres, and cocktails before the show, and be sure to stick around afterwards to shop. Ten percent of the proceeds benefit The Washington Ballet. November 13; 6:30 p.m., cocktail reception; 7:30 p.m., fashion show and shopping; Bloomingdale’s, Chevy Chase, 5300 Western Ave., Chevy Chase, Md., Level 2 Designer Collections; tickets, $100-$150; contact Elizabeth Moon, 202-362-3606, ext. 113; emoon@ washingtonballet.com.

FOODIES ONLY Italian Flavor As the weather gets colder, why not indulge in a hearty Italian meal? SETTE BELLO, located in Arlington, provides the perfect setting for a romantic evening or private event. Its popular Fireplace Room is a secluded place to enjoy the restaurant’s many favorite specialties such as homemade ravioli filled with pumpkin andamaretti, to name only one. Looking for an even bigger space? The entire restaurant may be reserved for any large seated event or cocktail reception. Sette Bello Restaurant, 3101 N. Wilson Blvd., Arlington, Va., 703-351-1004, www.settebellorestaurant.com.

Sette Bello’s elegant “Fireplace Room.”

Washington Ballet Women’s Committee member Laurie Monahan and her daughter, Kate, both modeling Milly at Bloomingdale’s 2008 fashion event. (Photo by Tony Powell)

IN & OUT In Pumpkin Spice lattes Washington Capitals

Out Iced coffee Washington Redskins

“Balloon Boy”

“Gossip Girl”

’80s neons

’90s grunge

Lady Gaga’s music

Lady Gaga’s style

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.”

- Scott Adams, American cartoonist

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HOT TICKET Get Crafty The WASHINGTON CRAFT SHOW comes to town this month with many exquisite one-of-a-kind crafts.

Over 190 artists from 34 states will display items made from every imaginable medium including textiles, glass, wood, metal, and paper. Don’t miss former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, a long-time fan of the show, who will be signing her recent book, Read My Pins: Stories from a Diplomat’s Jewel Box on Saturday, or the Artisan Craft & Food demonstrations taking place throughout the run. November 6-8; Walter E. Washington Convention Center; general admission, $15; www.craftsamericashows.com.

NEW IN TOWN Middle Easter Masterpieces Get a glimpse of Iranian culture and art at The Fridge DC with “IRAN HOME IN AMERICA .” Iranian-American artists, including Pooneh Magazehe, Eric Robert Parnes, and Hadieh Shafie explore their culture through one-of-a-kind artwork referencing Iranian politics, fashion, and regions. November 5 – 29; The Fridge DC, 516 8th St. SE, Rear Alley; 202-664-4151, www.thefridgedc.com.

Muhammad Ali at a book singing while visiting Govinda Gallery. September 1995.

(Photo by Chester Simpson)

DC-OLOGY Miracle on 34th Street Famed Washington art space, GOVINDA GALLERY, celebrates its 34th year on 34th Street this month. This milestone makes it the longest-established art gallery in one location in D.C.’s history – an impressive feat. In celebration of this milestone, gallery owner Chris Murray launched “The Back Room,” a blog within the gallery’s website documenting historic and exciting moments of the venue’s storied past, which includes visits by Annie Leibovitz, Andy Warhol, and Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood.

1227 34th St. NW, 202-333-1180, www. govindagallery.com/category/blog.

Starbucks, Acrylic on Canvas by Eric Robert Parnes

FRESH FIND Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend New York City-based jewelry designer MONA TANER is taking the nation’s capital by storm this month with a new Chevy Chase boutique.

Her Wisconsin Avenue store features a unique 18-karat gold and diamond collection that will have Washington fashionistas flocking to the shop, located inside Mervis Diamonds. Don’t miss the opening celebration November 6 from 6 to 8 p.m. Mona Taner Boutique, 5480 Wisconsin Ave., Chevy Chase, Md., 301-215-9500, www.monataner.com.

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November SIGNATURE CHEFS AUCTION

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More than 30 of Washington’s top chefs will prepare their specialties during an evening of fine dining, premium wine tasting, and great SPONSORED entertainment. Proceeds from unique silent and live auction items benefit the March of Dimes. The Ritz-Carlton, Washington, D.C.; 6:30 p.m.; $200; business attire; contact Nicole Vagnerini, 703-824-0111, ext. 19.

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Nothing tops the ultimate Washington guy’s night out where guests can always count on great food and drinks, exciting bouts of SPONSORED professional boxing, and nationallyrenowned live entertainment. Now in its 20th year, the event attracts over 2,000 men from the businessmen, sports, and legal professions to provide education and health care services to low-income children in Washington. The Hilton Washington, D.C.; 6 p.m.; tickets start at $1,000; black-tie; contact Liz Warnecki, 292-7720416, liz.warnecki@fightforchildren.org.

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KNOCK-OUT ABUSE AGAINST WOMEN BENEFIT

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While the men enjoy boxing at Fight Night, the women gather simultaneously for their own dinner, live and silent auctions and exciting entertainment.

Knock-Out Abuse Against Women supports local organizations that offer services, assistance, and shelter to women and children who are victims of abuse. The Ritz-Carlton, Washington, D.C.; 6:30 p.m.; $500, sponsorships from $7,500 to $25,000; cocktail attire; contact Stephanie Donohue Thompson, 202-725-5604, info@ knockoutabuse.org.

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COUNTRY UNITED GALA

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Emceed by Bob Costas and featuring a special performance by Grammy Award-winning artists Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, the gala recognizes the efforts of medical researchers, clinicians, and educators who help advance medical care for U.S. military forces. Proceeds benefit the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine and the Tug McGraw Foundation.

Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium; 6 p.m.; $500; black-tie; contact Lindsay Robbins, 202-741-1274, lindsay@websterconsulting.com.

LOMBARDI GALA

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The benefit for Georgetown University’s Lombardi Cancer Center features cocktails and dinner, a renowned silent auction, a raffle that SPONSORED includes a 2010 Lexus, presentation of awards to remarkable individuals for their fight against cancer, and more. Proceeds go directly to cancer research, education, and treatment. The Hilton Washington; 6 p.m.; $400; black-tie; contact 202-687-3866, ej48@georgetown. edu.

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CAPITAL HOSPICE PASSION FOR CARING GALA

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Get ready for an exotic “Venetian Carnivale” at the Capital Hospice’s annual benefit which includes live music, silent and live auctions, cocktails, and a gourmet dinner. The Ritz Carlton, Tysons Corner; 6:30 p.m.; $350; sponsorships starting at $500; blacktie; contact Caroline Kuo, 703-531-6208, ckuo@ capitalhospice.org.

Bruce and Sharon Bradley at the 2008 Sibley Hospital “Celebration of Hope & Progress” Gala. (Photo by Tony Powell)

FRIENDS OF ST JUDE BLUES BALL

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Dress in your best blue attire at this lively ball hosted by the Friends of St. Jude DC. Cocktails, tastings of top dishes prepared by local restaurants, SPONSORED and a silent auction are part of the action. There will be lots of dancing to a great live band, so be sure to wear those blue suede shoes! Sphinx Club; 8 p.m.; $85 to $110; creative cocktail attire; contact Joy Dzurovcik, 703-3515171, joy.dzurovcik@stjude.org.

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HEROINES IN TECHNOLOGY® AWARDS SIBLEY HOSPITAL GALA

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Washington’s corporate and civic leaders will be among the guests at the ninth annual “Celebration of Hope & Progress” gala to benefit Sibley SPONSORED Memorial Hospital’s cancer programs.

Sibley is known for its multidisciplinary approach to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of the disease. Four Seasons Hotel, Georgetown; 7 p.m.; starting at $500, sponsorships from $2,500 to $50,000; black-tie; contact Carol Perline, 202-364-7696, cperline@sibley.org.

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The event honors women in the technology field who exemplify volunteer ser vice in their communities. Dinner and dancing SPONSORED are part of the program and Carol Evans, president of Working Mother Media, will be the keynote speaker. Proceeds benefit the March of Dimes, which conducts the event with Women in Technology. Hyatt Regency, Reston; 6 p.m.; $250; black-tie; contact Kate Seaver, 703-824-0111, ext. 21.

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NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION AMERICAN PATRIOT GALA

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Many members of the U.S. armed forces will be present as Gen. David H. Petraeus is awarded the American Patriot Award, an honor bestowed upon those who demonstrate extraordinary leadership and service to the nation. The Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center; 6:30 p.m. reception, 7:30 p.m. dinner; $1,000, $2,500, patrons; black-tie; contact Nancy Miller, 202-6852527, millern@nduf.org.

Caroline Boutte, Deborah Sigmund, and Mary Amons at last year’s Capital City Ball. (Photo by Tony Powell)

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS FALL BENEFIT

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Experience the enchanting National Museum of Women in the Arts with cocktails, dinner, dancing and a chance to view the latest exhibitions as its patrons raise funds for the museum’s internationally-renowned Shenson Chamber Music Series. National Museum of Women in the Arts; $300; special packages from $5,000 to $25,000; black-tie; contact Valerie Biaggi, 202-266-2815, vbiaggi@ nmwa.org.

LAB SCHOOL TH ANNIVERSARY GALA

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The Lab School of Washington celebrates with dinner, music, dancing, and an awards ceremony. ABC News correspondent George Stephanopoulos and Ali Wentworth emcee the event benefiting the K-12 co-educational school for children with learning disabilities. The National Building Museum; 6 p.m.; $200 to $1,000; tables from $6,000 to $25,000; contact Lizzy Gillespie, 202944-3075, elizabeth.gillespie@labschool.org.

WPAS FALL CELEBRATION

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Soprano Kiri Te Kanawa sings arrivederci at her Washington farewell recital, accompanied by pianist Brian Zeger at the Washington Performing SPONSORED Arts Society’s fall fête. The Kennedy Center; 6 p.m., pre-performance cocktails on the Roof Terrace, 7 p.m., concert in the Concert Hall followed by dinner on the Roof Terrace; $500; tables start at $5,000; tables at $10,000 include VIP seating; black-tie; contact WPAS special events, 202-533-1879.

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TASTE OF THE STARS GALA

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Starlight Children’s Foundation MidAtlantic chapter’s popular signature event features cocktails, dinner, and impressive silent and SPONSORED live auctions. Proceeds benefit local families dealing with a child’s severe illness.

The Four Seasons, Washington, D.C.; 6:30 p.m.; $500; black-tie; Janeen Said, 202-297-7827, ext.

100, janeen.said@starlight-midatlantic.org.

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CAPITAL CITY BALL CHILDREN’S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER FESTIVAL OF HEROES

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An evening of cocktails, dinner, and dancing to benefit the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at Children’s National Medical Center. North Bethesda Marriott; 6:30 p.m.; $250; cocktail attire; contact Danielle Beyda, 301-565-8522, dbeyda@cnmc.org.

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Join the fight against human trafficking and modern-day slavery at the Capital City Ball, one of the most anticipated younger-crowd SPONSORED events of the year. Proceeds benefit innocents at Risk, Polaris Project, and the Emancipation Network. The Washington Club; 8:30 p.m.; $125 to $500; black-tie; contact Bruce Fries, info@capitalball.org.

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THE KIDNEY BALL Don’t miss Blondie at this major gala

raising funds to support research and treatment of kidney disease. Expect SPONSORED gourmet dining, live and silent auctions, and dancing. The Hilton Washington; $300; black-tie; contact Teresa Marchetti, 202-2447900 ext. 28, teresa.marchetti@kidney.org.

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THE NATIONAL DEBUTANTE COTILLION

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The latest class of debs from here and abroad will celebrate the cotillion’s 60th anniversary as they take their bows at this traditional white-tie ball. The evening benefits Children’s National Medical Center. The Hilton Washington; 9 p.m.; white-tie; $175 (by invitation only); contact Elizabeth Stuart, 301-593-6093.

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WHO’S NEXT Alexander Strain, Actor

YOU MOVED HERE FROM NEW YORK TO BE AN ACTOR?

When I went to New York, auditions were always a hundred people who looked just like me. I needed to go where I could get work, build my resume, hone my craft …

WASHINGTON PROVIDED THAT?

It allowed me to fulfill my goal of being a working actor and not getting pigeonholed in one character type. I got to know

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everyone quickly in a creative, challenging, and supportive theater community. In New York, you’re on your own with no one to look out for you.

CALIGULA IN THE PLAY BY CAMUS Caligula did abominable things.The challenge was to also to make him human, to somehow reveal the torment beneath it all.

YOUR ANGELS CHARACTER WALLOWS IN A MAJOR GUILT TRIP

He behaves selfishly but his moral debate is incredibly compelling. He is asking the big question: Are there limits in loving someone?

YOU’VE BEEN CALLED A MOST VERSATILE ACTOR

Put me onstage and you’ll see a transformation. I will be different from who I am in everyday life.

CRITICS SAY YOU EXCEL IN DARK ROLES

Personally I’m not that dark, but I do like to get into that head. Such journeys help expose things we all keep hidden.

‘HI DIDDLE DEE DEE AN ACTOR’S LIFE FOR ME YOU TOUR THE WORLD IN A PRIVATE CAR YOU DINE ON CHICKEN AND CAVIAR … ’

YOU PLAYED THE ROMAN EMPEROR

That’s it! That sums up my life perfectly.

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he young British-born actor’s outsized talents have earned the acclaim of critics and audiences alike in a flurry of diverse roles in plays ranging from School for Scandal and Rosencranz and Gildenstern Are Dead to Lord of the Flies.

The 28-year-old graduate of New York University’s Tisch Institute of Performing Arts currently inhabits the character of Louis, a neurotic and nebbishy “word processor” forced to come to terms with his abandonment of a lover dying of AIDS in the Forum Theatre’s production of Angels in America.

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A Film and a Festa Michael Moore excoriates Wall Street, Italians celebrate their unique heritage B Y J A N E T D O N O VA N

MOORE THAN THEY BARGAINED FOR painting and sculpting at school and became You have to love someone who stands on an actress by mistake ... I've had many lovers Wall Street and screams into a megaphone and still have romances.” (She is 82.) We demanding his money back while surrounded missed her. Another favorite, Yogi Berra, was

by New York’s finest. But that’s exactly also MIA. That did not, however, stop Cafe what Michael Moore did in his latest flick: Milano proprietor Franco Nuchese from “Capitalism: A Love Story.” Hey, we all want our money back and you know New York’s Finest want theirs, too.

Much of the controversy is due to the bailout of the big financial houses.

Long considered a weirdo in some circles, Moore may have finally come into the mainstream by exposing the greedy wonder boys of the financial world and the problems of unemployment, housing, and medical care in America. He wants President Obama to get tough, really tough, especially on health care reform.

He arrived at his Uptown Theatre premiere in his trademark cap and glasses and was affable and laid back as he strolled the red carpet to accommodate Michael Moore with Kandy Stroud at the opening of the reporters waiting patiently for his “Capitalism: A Love Story.” very late arrival.

Rep. Dennis Kucinich and wife Elizabeth arrive at the film’s After a brief Q&A he joined guests Washington premiere. (Photos at the Irish pub next door where he

by Janet Donovan) graciously engaged in photo ops with Christina Sevilla, Terry Robinson, David Corn, Rep. Dennis Kucinich, among many

others.

All were grateful that food and drinks were on the house – because somebody else is spending our money.

ITALIANS CELEBRATE Where was Gina Lolobrigida? The longtime perennial star of the National Italian American Foundation's annual gala was nowhere to be found this year. It’s hard not to adore someone who has been quoted saying, “I studied

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hosting a lavish gala eve dinner where Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi starred as the nation’s most powerful ItalianAmerican woman. Moving graciously between guests, she got to enjoy some down time after most of the other guests had left.

On the list: Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, newly-arrived Italian Ambassador Giulio Terzi di Sant’Agata, Mayorial mom Jane Fenty, Gen. Peter Pace,

Anita McBride, and Bob Johnson.

On the menu: orecchiette con melanzane, provola e pomodoro, filetto di vitello farcito ai porcini e bardato alla pancetta con schiacciata di patate e broccoletti. Translation: Great Italian food.

Star power heated up the Saturday night gala at the Hilton Washington where Italian actress Carla Gugino of “American Gangster” and “Entourage” fame was awarded the entertainment award presented by Connie Britton of “Women in Trouble.” It turns out that the two know each other well. “Its truly an honor and surprisingly emotional to receive this award from my best friend,” Gugino said before noting “there are two kinds of people – Italians and those who wished they were.”

It’s no secret that Italians are into food. Following through on that theme, Lidia Matticchio Bastianich received the humanitarian award. The “Queen of Italian-American Cooking,” as she has been called in the New York Times, has a culinary empire that includes four critically acclaimed restaurants, her own PBS cooking series, cookbooks, and radio shows. Also honored: Massimo F. d’Amore, CEO of PepsiCo Americas Beverages, and Napolitano.

With 2,000 Italian and ItalianAmerican guests filling the cavernous ballroom, you can imagine the audience’s reaction when singer and songwriter Antonello Venditti performed hits from his album “Che fantastica storia è la vita.”

(Vendetti, the son of a policeman known for his anthemic ballads, is also famed for speaking out against corruption and drug use.)

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Hail, Farewell, and a Quiz Singapore’s ‘minister mentor’ feted; EU Commission’s ambassador departs for ‘greener’ pastures

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VISIONARY LEADER The US-ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) Business Council presented its first Lifetime Achievement Award to Singapore’s legendary first prime minister and now its “minister mentor,” Lee Kuan Yew, at a highpowered black-tie celebration of its 25th anniversary at the Mandarin Oriental on Oct. 25. Luminaries gathered from the foreign policy, government, academic, and business Statesman Lee Kuan Yew greets Esther establishments included Coopersmith as Ambassador of Singapore Chan Heng-Chee and ASEAN ambassadors, former Sen. Jim Webb look on. (Photo courtesy Secretaries of State Henry US-ASEAN Business Council); John Kissinger and George P. and Finola Bruton say farewell to Washington. (Photo by Gail Scott) Shultz; United Technologies Chairman George David; Sen. Jim Webb (chairman of the Senate Foreign DID YOU Relations Subcommittee on East Asian KNOW? and Pacific Affairs), and Assistant Secretary A. What nation’s flag now flies on Albemarle of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Street NW? Kurt M. Campbell. Former Presidents Bill B. What world capital has such fine cuisine Clinton and George H.W. Bush added their that it now boasts eight restaurants with three congratulations via video.

Michelin stars? (Hint: Even Paris has only 10.)

The US-ASEAN Business Council is C. Which diplomatic dog is training to hunt the premier advocacy organization for U.S. for truffles? business dealings in Southeast Asia. Council Answers: A. “We can’t tell you but you can probably members include seven of America’s Fortune guess.” This ambassador has 24/7 access to the White 10 companies and 20 of the 30 Dow Jones House, state, and defense departments. B. Toyko C. “Maestro,” an Italian Lagotto Romagnolo, is the companies, all driving American investment in “Ambassadog” of the Ambassador of Monaco Gilles Southeast Asia. Top representatives from the Noghès and his wife Ellen.

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“Tonight's event is a clear statement of the so.The U.S. has found Singapore to be a strong U.S.-Singapore bilateral relationship,” reliable, articulate friend.” said Singaporean Ambassador Chan HengSupporters pointed out that in the last Chee. “Lee Kuan Yew … has consistently quarter century, US-ASEAN trade has advocated a U.S. presence in Asia. He asserted increased nearly seven-fold to approximately this even … when it was unpopular to say $180 billion annually. ASEAN itself has

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Minister Mentor Lee accepted, saying, “To remain at the centre of East Asia's economic and political evolution, ASEAN must integrate more closely and with urgency.” He also warned that “In building any new East Asian architecture, the U.S. must be an important part of it ... whatever the challenges, U.S. core interest requires that it remain the superior power in the Pacific.”

FAREWELL TAEOSCH John Bruton, Ireland’s former prime minister (or “taeosch”) and for the last five years, the very popular and successful ambassador of the European Union Commission, bid farewell to Washington during an emotionfilled evening at the E.U.’s shrimp-colored Kalorama palazzo on Oct. 22.

“What I liked most was talking to American high school students and explaining what the E.U. was all about,” he said. “They are your leaders for the next 40 years, so convincing them that the E.U. is important is crucial.” He was proud of having met an unprecedented number of members of Congress – 300 at last count – to win their votes for matters of concern to member nations.

“I don’t believe he’ll go back into politics,” said his equally popular wife, Finola, the mother of their four children (and his former campaign pollster). “He would be interested in something on a bigger stage,” she added, leaving the door open for new opportunities for this highly effective couple.

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Washington has a secret: artists

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ashington secrets aren’t just hidden in the delete boxes of Hill staffers. They are right in front of you each day: the artist whose opening you passed while heading to dinner; the interior designer who selected the oh-sohip light glowing above the table; the cast of the performance you have tickets for tonight; the writer of the review that got you to buy the tickets in the first place; and the event planner who is putting together the party after the show.

A Washington secret doesn’t have to be about the Hill, lobbyists, think tanks, or the 24/7/365 stream of network punditry and online musings that trail politics like an FBI agent on a stakeout. No, Washington’s secret is that – gasp! – we are creative. There, we said it.

We are creative! Feels good, doesn’t it?

Don’t believe it? According to a 2009 assessment conducted by the D.C. Office of Planning and Washington D.C. Economic Partnership, the District’s creative industries generate more than $5 billion in income each year and more than 75,000 jobs.

“The economic significance of the creative sector is clear – creative enterprises play a key role in contributing to the District’s economic vibrancy through tourism, income generation, and business incubation,” says Harriet Tregoning, director of the Office of Planning. “Now, more than ever, we have an opportunity to harness the extensive talent in the city in a way that will position the District as a global leader in creative industries.”

As the metro area continues to grow and attract talent from around the world,

the creative economy will be the deciding factor that determines how Washington can realistically be compared to New York, London, Tokyo, and Paris. Do we have much further to go before we are regarded as their equal? Yes. Are we on the right path? Absolutely.

There have been important creative movements in the city’s past: Duke Ellington’s jazz, Fugazi’s ’80s punk music revival, and the Washington Color School of the ’60s, among others.

This continues today as the local hiphop scene gets national attention, our celebrity chefs grace network food shows, and The Discovery, National Geographic, and Smithsonian channels join a small army of production companies that regularly turn out thought-provoking film and television (need we mention the ongoing reality TV blitz?). The upcoming H Street Corridor and now-established Chinatown, U Street, and 14th Street neighborhoods regularly see national and international quality artists. Look around, Washingtonians, our city is flourishing creatively.

One misconception that most people have about the region’s creative industry is that it only includes people holding paint brushes. In the following feature, we broaden the general definition of what constitutes a creative field.

We’ve also taken the time to consider those who are the forces behind helping drive creativity.

Take social media for example. It’s generally recognized that NOVA is a hotbed of innovative tech entrepreneurship. It’s the petri dish from which AOL sprouted along with the numerous start-ups that followed. But the

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venture capitalists who helped fund that charge are just as important to the tech industry as the developer who conceptualized the “widget” and the programmers who made it.

Politics and the local creative economy overlap. Some of the leading social media minds are in the White House. And the Smithsonian plays an invaluable role in the region’s arts world. But our goal is to get you to stop and smell the creative roses, i.e., take the time to look beyond the important, yet, obvious, stalwarts of the metro area’s creative community and open your eyes to the emerging cadre of musicians, interior designers, event planners, photographers, performing and visual artists, galleries and theaters, new media minds, TV/film professionals, writers, and more.

Let the secret out: we are the District of Creativity.

WHAT DOYOU THINK? Thousands of professionals are helping to drive our metro area’s flourishing creative economy. Can we list them all here?

No. Can you help us list them all online? Yes, you can. Tell us what you

think at washingtonlife. com. We’ll be posting a different artistic category each day in November. We want to hear from you. Who are the region’s top creative movers and shakers? Stay tuned to the debate by joining our Facebook group and following us on Twitter @washingtonlife.

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ince arriving at the Smithsonian Institution’s Archives of American Art in 2006, John W. Smith has led the expansion of the world’s pre-eminent research center devoted to the history of the visual arts in the United States.

THE ARCHIVES During his previous 12 years at the Andy Warhol Museum OF AMERICAN in Pittsburgh, Smith developed a forward-thinking sensibility ART that helped him redirect the Archive’s focus on branding and collecting to serving as a research center that not only preserves the past, but is increasingly engaged with living artists. “The Archives,� he says, “must play an active role in the contemporary discussion and interpretation of American art.�

His many accomplishments include the acqusition of the Leo Castelli Gallery archive, which provides a detailed portrait of the trailblazing dealer who championed the careers of such major artists as Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg, and Andy Warhol.

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EYE FOR THE UNUSUAL MANON CLEARY said to be Washington’s best ďŹ gurative painter, has titillated viewers with provocatively photorealistic works about rape, rats, and men’s penises (among other subjects) for the past 40 years.

CHAWKY FRENN’S realist Renaissance-style painting have caused protests and even a solo show cancellation in Boston because of their depiction of controversial social, political, gender, and sexual subjects. (chawkyfrenn.com) “Tape Dude� MARK JENKINS may be one of the best-known street artists in the world but he remains virtually unknown in Washington.

His hyper-realistic, lifesized scenarios made from clear tape stop both traďŹƒc and pedestrians even as they become part of his installations. (xmarkjenkinsx.com) LAUREL LUKASZEWSKI’S intricate and complex porcelain, ceramic, stoneware, and clay sculptures showcase well-honed technical and creative skills that make her work unique in a genre that is o en segregated to the cra s. (laurellukaszewski.com)

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The work of photographer LIDA MOSER now age 86, spans photojournalism, portraiture, fashion, and seminal abstract photography and is in the collections of major world museums. (thefrasergallery.com/ artists/LidaMoser.html) Drawing on hip hop culture and his own interest in the African American identity, JEFFERSON PINDER has emerged onto the scene with ďŹ lms (Car Wash Meditation, Invisible Man, Mule) that “tap into the well of public consciousness.â€?

TIM TATE marries blown and cast glass, original video, miniature cameras and speakers, steel, concrete, motion detectors, and other materials to deliver gorgeous sculptures that are at the forefront of both technology and art. (timtatesculpture.com)

Maggie Michael (whose work has been described as “sculptural painting�) and her husband, Dan Steinhilber (who they say creates “painterly sculpture�) are the current glamdarlings of the Washington art scene.

(Photo by Joseph Allen)

FRANK WARREN created the art phenomenon known as PostSecret, where anonymous people decorate a postcard and portray a never previously revealed secret. His original Artomatic postcard project is the largest and most popular worldwide cooperative art event in history and remains one of the web’s highest ranked websites. (postsecret.blogspot.com) WA S H I N G T O N L I F E

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Who says a recession has to dictate our dance as well as our dollars? As the Washington Ballet launches its 2009-2010 season titled “Connect,” the word of the day is extravagance. This winter, the company’s artistic director, Septime Webre (center), will be re-connecting Washingtonians to the splendor and frivolity of the Roaring Twenties with his premiere of “The Great Gatsby,” based on the great American novel”by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Fringe, flappers, fouettés en tournants, and a roaring score by Billy Novick, what’s not to love? (Photo by Tim Coburn)

the ENTERTAINERS STEP AFRIKA! DANCE COMPANY Originating as a cultural exchange program with a South African dance studio, Step Afrika! has developed into the first company dedicated to the tradition of stepping in the world. When they’re not on tour, they’re doing their kicks and turns from the Kennedy Center to the Smithsonian and beyond.

MARIN ALSOP MUSIC DIRECTOR BALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Alsop has beckoned Washingtonians to Baltimore ever since she became the first woman to lead a major orchestra in 2005. Lauded for making classical music accessible to a modern

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audience, she was named 2009 Conductor of the Year by Musical America.

DANA TAI SOON BURGESS DIRECTOR DANA TAI SOON BURGESS & COMPANY Esteemed arts organizations including the Kennedy Center, and Lincoln Center have presented and commissioned this young ground-breaking dancer’s choreography. With works described as “perfect as a pearl,” by The Washington Post, he has taken his vision overseas to over 15 countries.

CONSTELLATION THEATRE COMPANY This new company takes audiences outside of the everyday theater experience into a fantastic world of artistic human expression with a fresh and non-

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Collection, the Smithsonian, and the Kennedy Center.

EMIL DE COU ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA The Wolf Trap Festival’s summer conductor recently made his Carnegie Hall debut and has appeared as guest conductor with leading orchestras in Philadelphia, Houston, Boston, and San Francisco. He also works as a backup conductor during National Symphony Orchestra tours, most recently to China and Korea.

MARSHALL KEYS, JAZZ SAXOPHONIST Howard University grad Marshall Keys is giving Washington an even greater name in the jazz world. A former member of the charttopping 1980’s jazz group, The Blackbyrds, Keys has taken his passion for the saxophone around the world while performing with Stevie Wonder and Charlie Rouse.

YULIYA GORENMAN PIANIST The award-winning pianist is currently performing and recording a complete cycle of Beethoven’s 32 piano sonatas in a series of eight solo recitals at American University while also tickling the ivories at the Phillips

DAVID LONDON MAGICIAN AND PERFORMANCE ARTIST Never one to pull a rabbit out of a hat, London has studied conventional magic extensively, but his real passion lies with surrealism and hypnagogia, the scientific mental state in between waking and dream consciousness.

MICAËLA OESTE SOPRANO In her second season with the Washington National Opera’s Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program, Oeste performed in WNO’s La Traviata, Peter Grimes, Siegfried, and alongside Plácido Domingo when the opera traveled to Beijing. This season, the bright young star appeared as Nanne#a in Falstaff. Not a bad résumé for a 27-year-old.

SYNETIC THEATRE, PHYSICAL THEATRE COMPANY Synetic Theatre combines the classical elements of drama, movement, dance, mime, and music into an innovative and non-traditional theater experience. The company will adapt Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra this winter at the Shakespeare Theatre.

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BEHIND THE LENS (front row)

CLAY BLACKMORE A go-to photographer for stunning images, his most recent work Extraordinary Women: Fantasies Revealed, includes Madeline Albright, Larry King, and Forrest Whitaker among other luminaries.

JODI KING A passion for fashion soon catapulted her from steaming clothes behind the scenes on fashion sets to calling the shots behind her own camera.

TIM COBURN A No.Va. native, he often teams up with friend and makeup artist James Cornwell to create editorial and commercial shoots at his eponymously-titled photography company. (back row)

LEN DEPAS He brings an elegant style and a fresh eye to his work, which features a wide variety of subjects from editorial fashion spreads to travel and food photography.

ABBY GREENAWALT From interning with Annie Leibovitz to creating her own gallery shows throughout Washington, she’s become well known for story-telling portraits and commercial assignmants .

JOSEPH ALLEN One of Washington’s premier wedding and portrait photographers, he has exceptional experience capturing famed subjects – Tom Cruise, Steven Spielberg, Steve Martin, and Billy Crystal to name a few – for regional and national publications.

GARY LANDSMAN Whether he’s shooting luxury fashion or taking portraits of Washington power players, Landsman’s unique eye for detail and perspective take his photography to the next level.

Photo by Jeffrey Medford on location at Contemporaria

THE TRENDSETTERS JAMES CORNWELL, ART DIRECTOR PR @ PARTNERS\ FASHION STYLIST\ CO-HOST

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A top make-up, hair, and fashion stylist, Cornwell is also recognized for his vibrant personality and is taking his talents to the next level with the recently-launched “Fashion BS� radio podcast.

LYNDA ERKILETIAN FOUNDER AND CEO

T H E ARTIST AGENCY Known for her style, kindness, and social prowess, this prospective

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“D.C. Housewife� runs a full-service agency for area models, designers, and stylists.

ROBIN GIVHAN FASHION EDITOR THE WASHINGTON POST A Pulitzer Prize winner known for blunt fashion criticism.

This international fashion show regular has been exploring brave new boundaries with no-holds-barred commentary on First Lady Michelle Obama’s wardrobe.

LASHEA GREEN EVENING AND COUTURE BUYER SAKS JANDEL

The buyer at this family-owned specialty store in Chevy Chase deďŹ es all stereotypes and works to ensure that Washington women are no longer conďŹ ned to suits and panty hose.

INGRID GRIMES-MYLES WHITE HOUSE MAKEUP ARTIST When not touching-up POTUS & FLOTUS, she lends her time and skills providing makeup assistance to powerhouse clients including Caroline Kennedy, Katie Couric, and Colin Powell.

CAROLA MYERS MAKEUP ARTIST Exquisite detail, thoughtful process, and dramatic artistry make her one of the area’s top

makeup artists for weddings, special events, photo ops, and fashion editorials.

LANA ORLOFF STYLIST AND FASHION CONSULTANT She oers years of experience with a air for style to cater to the individual needs of her clientele including personal shopping, style management, event styling, and even destination shopping.

ANTON PAPICH PHOTOGRAPHER Spli#ing his time between New York and D.C., Papich is helping to bring Washington into the fashion major league and is sought-a er by magazines and designers for his creative and sophisticated perspective.

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NURI YURT OWNER TOKA SALON Yurt’s Georgetown, Penn Quarter, and Madison Avenue hair salons garnered national a#ention when Laura and Jenna Bush started calling on them while they were in the White House. Vogue declared him one of the best hair colorists in the country for brune#es.

LAURA LEE WILLIAMS DESIGNER AND CEO

LAURA LEE DESIGNS Known for her vivacious personality and beaded handbags to match, she is one of Washington’s most notable designers. Her Alzheimer’s “M-Bagâ€? was recently named the oďŹƒcial handbag of the Alzheimer’s Association.

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DESIGNS FOR LIVING WELL DARRYL CARTER INTERIOR AND FURNITURE DESIGNER Light, bright, airy, and elegant. The residential interior designer has become a household name with a new take on traditional style that features country details and surprising ea market ďŹ nds. His three namesake lines: outdoor furniture, lighting, and a home collection.

RALPH CUNNINGHAM ARCHITECT CUNNINGHAM | QUILL ARCHITECTS PLLC A leader in sustainable planning and design, Cunningham and his team provide environmentally conscious spaces for private residences as well as major institutions that include the Washington Ballet, National Cathedral School, Roanoke City Market, and Catholic University.

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creator of timeless interiors, Barbara Hawthorn, president of Barbara Hawthorn Interiors Ltd., designed the terrace and exterior living spaces of the CharityWorks GreenHouse in McLean,Va. The outdoor areas, seen from almost all of the rooms in the house, included places to comfortably dine alfresco or lounge beside the salt water lap pool. Other special touches included five romantic, clean-burning fireplaces – all adhering to green standards. “Functional opulence� defines Hawthorn’s design mentality of creating beautiful spaces that are in tune with today’s style of family living. She is currently working on several restaurant projects, including acclaimed chef Roberto Donna’s Galileo III, an Italian trattoria on the canal in Georgetown, and an Americanstyle bistro on Capitol Hill. “The days of don’t touch interiors are over� proclaims Hawthorn, but welcoming spaces still need that “wow� factor.

BARRY DIXON INTERIOR DESIGNER BARRY DIXON INC The bowtie-wearing designer’s not-so-traditional interiors have been a class apart for decades. He recently served as design chairman of the CharityWorks GreenHouse.

FRANK A FLORENTINE LIGHTING DESIGNER A theater kid who grew up in Maryland, the lighting designer

of the National Air and Space Museum got his start as a stage technician for GW’s Lisner Auditorium and is now a formidable force in his ďŹ eld.

LILA FENDRICK LANDSCAPE DESIGNER LILA FENDRICK LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE & GARDEN DESIGN With a focus on the architectural features of green spaces, Fendrick is known for working in close collaboration with home owners turning sparse spaces into English country gardens and fashioning residential gardens a er the grounds of Dumbarton Oaks.

ROBERT M GURNEY ARCHITECT ROBERT M GURNEY FAIA A modern man in a classic town, Gurney came to Washington on a basketball scholarship at Catholic University. Now the award-winning architect builds modern marvels that include the much touted Wissioming Residence in Glen Echo.

ROBERT COLE AND SOPHIE PRÉVOST ARCHITECTS

COLEPRÉVOST The husband-and-wife architect and interior design team joined forces in 1997 to create ColePrÊvost. They seek to go beyond function and style in

their work and blur the lines between the conventional and the unexpected.

SUZANE REATIG ARCHITECT

SUZANE REATIG ARCHITECTURE The mostly residential architect gives buildings in historic areas like Shaw and Mount Vernon Square modern nips and tucks while respecting their history and spatial views. With artists, non-proďŹ ts, and churches as clients, Reatig proves that remarkable architecture is within reach even if your pockets don’t run deep.

GEORGE S SEXTON III LIGHTING DESIGNER GEORGE SEXTON ASSOCIATES The light always shines for Sexton, who recently illuminated the StarSpangled Banner Exhibit for the National Museum of American History. Past projects include the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, National Portrait Gallery, and the renovation of Eastern Market.

MICHAEL VERGASON LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT

MICHAEL VERGASON LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS LTD Form and function are Vergason’s mots du jour, having created beautiful usable spaces for Washington National Cathedral, the National Aquarium, and Johns Hopkins and Catholic universities.

Cuban-born architect, interior designer, photographer, and man-about-town Ernesto Santalla (pictured) put his stamp on this year’s CharityWorks GreenHouse when he designed its spa retreat. LEED accredited, Santalla designs with the intent of minimizing use of virgin resources while building beautiful spaces. His recent projects are in and around Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and southern France.

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HISTORICAL HOP: The best and brightest hip-hop players in the DMV (that’s the District, Maryland, and Virginia for the uninitiated) gathered outside the legendary Lincoln Theatre recently to spread the gospel of Washington’s hip-hop artists and producers. Local up-and-comers are making national waves (did you catch Wale on MTV’s VMAs this fall?) and putting the spotlight on what many consider to be a hip-hop renaissance in the nation’s capital. Some noteworthy names to remember: PHIL ADE, TABI BONNEY RAHEEM DEVAUGHN DON JUAN LYRICISS RATHEMC KINGPIN SLIM, WALE, and X O. (Photo by Anchyi Wei)

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DARYL FRIEDMAN NATIONAL ACADEMY OF RECORDING ARTS AND SCIENCES As the vice president of advocacy and government relations at NARAS, Friedman represents the nearly 20,000 members of the organization known for the Grammy Awards and has been called “the D.C. Chief for music’s creative community.�

RICH HARRISON MUSIC PRODUCER With a production company

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(Richcra Inc.) and a 2004 Grammy award (for Beyonce’s “Crazy in Love�) already under his belt, Harrison is busy working with hip-hop heavyweights 50 Cent, Janet Jackson, and Usher on their latest albums.

ERIC HILTON PARTNER

THIEVERY CORPORATION Hilton and his music partner, Rob Garza, have released four albums to date. Catch one of their sets at the ever-hip 18th Street Lounge.

SETH HURWITZ CO-FOUNDER I M P \ TALENT BUYER Hanging out with rock stars, jamming with live bands, and discovering new talent are just a few of the duties occupying

the owner of the 9:30 Club and co-founder of I.M.P., the concert promotion and production company behind the U.S. Virgin Festival and programming at Merriweather Post Pavilion.

ANTONIS KARAGOUNIS AND PETE MOUTSOS OWNERS ULTRABAR

LIMA AND PANORAMA PRODUCTIONS This duo is responsible for resurrecting the District as a world-class destination for world-famous DJ’s: Tiesto, Paul Van Dyk, and Ferry Corsten with GLOW, an electronic, dance-driven Saturday night party hosted by top dance clubs.

ARASH SHIRAZI PRESIDENT

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BULLITT BOOKINGS Shirazi has built a powerhouse music agency representing various musical artists and many of Washington’s top club DJ’s, including techno duo Deep Dish.

ALI “DUBFIRE� SHIRAZINIA GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING MUSIC PRODUCER & DJ Shirazinia is known not only in the Washington club scene but around the world, thanks to his success as part of the progressive house/ techno duo Deep Dish (with Sharam Taybei), current solo endeavors, and work involving several music labels.

JOHN SIMSON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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SOUNDEXCHANGE As head of SoundExchange, a non-proďŹ t organization commissioned by the U.S. Copyright OďŹƒce aimed at collecting and distributing artist royalties, Simson has been a longtime supporter and advocate of artists rights and legal issues in the industry.

US ROYALTY ALTERNATIVE ROCK BAND Brothers John and Paul Thornley, bassist Jacob Michael, and drummer Luke Adams linked up to form this alt-rock band, rapidly-growing in popularity (Spin magazine featured them last summer.)

Their EP, Midsommar, debuted in August.

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CAMERAS RICARDO AND ELIZABETH ANDRADE PIXELDUST STUDIOS When NatGeo needs special visuals of an Egyptian serpent god and Smithsonian Networks craves animated galloping dinosaurs, they give Bethesda-based Pixeldust a ring. Why? 36 Emmy Award nominations and 12 awards.

JODY ARLINGTON JAMIE SHOR AND KIMBALL STROUD CO-FOUNDERS

IMPACT ARTS ` FILM FUND {IAFF} The area needs a major international feature ďŹ lm festival (AFI Silverdocs is in Silver Spring, Md. and for docs). This dynamic trio are pushing to get one. The last IAFF festival roped in Woody Harrelson and Ben Foster.

AMERICAN GOTHIC REALITY: Meet the co-owners and executive producers of the Bethesda-based Half Yard Productions: Abby Greensfelder and Sean Gallagher. Before they headed out on their own, the two ex-Discovery Channelers were some of the brains behind “Deadliest Catch,� “Dirty Jobs,� and “Miami Ink�

(TLC), to name only a few of their projects. “We felt like the time was right to be on the other side of the table,� Gallagher says. Why are they relevant? Half Yard was tapped by Bravo to bring “The Real Housewives of D.C.� to life. We like to think politicians have all the control in Washington, but in reality TV, the editors and producers have ultimate authority. Currently, no production team has more power to mold the image of both housewives and our city than Abby and Sean.

That is the reality of today’s American Gothic. (Photo by Anchyi Wei)

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on’t let their youthful gazes fool you, and no, they aren’t actors; they ply trade their behind the lens. Their fast-rising film and television production company, 8112 Studios, is led by American University grad Nicholas Cambata and nationally-renown photographer Doug Sonders, and they already have a rÊsumÊ most LA shops would die for. They just filmed Lady Gaga, won an MTV VMA for best dance video, filmed 3 Doors Down on tour, and went to Miami to hang from helicopters and film high speed boats for Geico ‌ all before you had your morning coffee. Between their global gallivanting and growing client list, these young guns are firing on all cylinders.

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STEVE BURNS EVP CONTENT NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL Burns spends every day exploring ways to bring NatGeo’s cult-like following to TV. Can shows like “Alaska State Troopers,� “Dog Whisperer,� and “Hooked: Monster Hauls� bring in the green for the yellow?

This is not your father’s Carlos Castaneda.

LESLIE AND ANDREW COCKBURN FILMMAKERS / PRODUCERS Have been stalwarts in the local production scene since the 1980’s having produced segments for PBS “Frontline� and “60 Minutes.�

They just released their ďŹ rst theatrical documentary American Casino, about the subprime mortgage disaster. The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree – their daughter is actress Olivia Wilde.

KARIM CHROBOG AND NORA MACCOBY PRODUCER AND WRITER

Chrobog (director of 2008 Tribeca Audience Award winning ďŹ lm, War Child) and Maccoby (co-writer of Bualo Soldiers and Bongwater) linked up earlier this year to work on two features The Algerian and Lady Jane for Cordoba Films.

JOHN HENDRICKS CHAIRMAN DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS Founded

a global content powerhouse that is the world’s number one nonďŹ ction media company. It continues to expand, keeping its Silver Spring headquarters buzzing – much to the happiness of the “Lobstermenâ€? next door at Red Lobster.

TED LEONSIS FILMANTHROPIST The former AOL vice chairman jumped into ďŹ lm producing and promptly brought his ďŹ rst two projects Nanking and Kicking it to Sundance. Leonsis’ new project Fighting Chance (co-produced with Rick Allen) continues his belief in the concept of â€œďŹ lmanthropy.â€?

SHEILA JOHNSON EXECUTIVE PRODUCER BET’s co-founder can produce ďŹ lm, too, and when she does, it resonates. Her new project, The Other City, directed by awardwinning local director Susan Koch (Kicking It), is about the AIDS epidemic in Washington.

SEAN FINE & ANDREA NIX CO-FOUNDERS FINE FILMS Oscar-nominated ďŹ lmmakers (War Dance, Best Documentary Feature, 07) are hoping lighting strikes twice with their latest documentary featuring Mariane Pearl and Angelina Jolie.

DAVID ROYLE EXECUTIVE VP OF PROGRAMMING AND PRODUCTION SMITHSONIAN NETWORKS The Smithsonian Channel is holding its own a er a shaky start with shows such as “China’s Forbidden City,� “America’s Treasures� “America Wild & Wacky,� and “Carrier at War: USS Enterprise.�

JASON WILLIAMS CO-FOUNDER JWM PRODUCTIONS Shows for Discovery, NatGeo, etc., are their bread and bu#er, but we’re excited about new feature doc God’s House, the untold story of the Muslim Albanians who risked everything to save thousands of Jews during the Holocaust. The ďŹ lm is directed by Rachel Goslins (executive director of the President’s Commi#ee on the Arts and Humanities) and shot

by D.C.-based cinematographer Neil Barre# (Kicking It).

JEFFREY WRIGHT ACTOR / ACTIVIST You’ve seen him in Basquiat, Syriana, Casino Royale, and W (as Colin Powell), but he might have found his most important role as the founder of the Taia Peace Foundation.

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MELANCHOLIC INSPIRATION

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lace might be the unifying element in my writing. The most common intensifying element to my fiction, however, is definitely melancholy. Melancholy can derive from the weather, from a character’s own nature, from some uncanny elixir of fates, from many sources. The noirish way fog obfuscates reality at night along Halifax Harbor is a visual equivalent of melancholy, in that it forces a person to look inward, to impose an introspection, and from that you come to some knowledge of yourself you would not otherwise have.

I don’t have any fancy or even fully realized hypotheses about this. It is mostly subjective and experiential. With each book I get more puzzled by my own fictional inclinations and yet at the same time deepen my fealty toward them.

So it has been and so probably it will always be. – Howard Norman, author of The Bird Artist

Katherine Neville’s The Fire is a long-awaited sequel to The Eight, her best-selling 1988 mystery novel about a centuries-long quest for a mystical chess set once owned

by Charlemagne. (Photo by Joseph Allen)

CREATIVE WRITERS CHART THEIR COURSE Prize-winning poet JEHANNE DUBROW’S erudition, wit, cra smanship, and use of metaphor (The Hardship Post, From the Fever-World) have ensured her place on the American literary scene.

FAMOUSDC COM’S contributors, an anonymous mix of wonks, pols, hacks, and acks, produce funny and o en annoying reports on the Washington political, media, and sport scene . (www. famousdc.com) Washington Post writer WIL HAYGOOD has received great acclaim for his biographies of Sugar Ray Robinson, Adam Clayton Powell, and Sammy Davis Jr. as well as a family memoir, The Haygoods of Columbus.

DYLAN LANDIS made an audacious debut with Normal People Don’t Like This, her 10-installment novel about an alienated, vulnerable teen-age girl living on Manha#an’s Upper West Side in the 1970s.

Harvard-educated lawyer and former Time drama critic BRAD LEITHAUSER is the author of numerous works of poetry, criticism, and ďŹ ction, including the highly unusual novelin-verse Darlington’s Fall.

The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears, DINAW MENGESTU’S prizewinning story about an Ethiopian immigrant’s life, has been called “a great African novel, a great Washington novel, and a great American novel.�

Johns Hopkins University professor AZAR NAFISI’S vivid portrayal of the Islamic revolution in Iran, Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir of Books, spent 117 weeks on the New York Times’ bestseller list and has been translated into 32 languages.

The many works of detective ďŹ ction GEORGE PELECANOS set amid the cultural landmarks and gri#y neighborhoods of Washington have inspired a cult following, as have the episodes he penned for ďŹ ve seasons of HBO’s “The Wire.â€?

David Stark at the Meridian Ball (Photo by Tony Powell)

MASTER EVENT PLANNER DAVID STARK was recruited to design this year’s Meridian ball by his friend, Democratic fundraiser and hostess Beth Dozoretz.

Whether he’s turning discarded film reels into centerpieces for the Film Society of Lincoln Center or collecting logs in Maine to accent an elegant wedding, he will always end up doing the unexpected. In the ball’s afterglow, Gwen Moore Holliday interviewed the New York-based designer.

How does Washington compare to other cities where you have worked?

Washingtonians really push me to break new ground creatively. I always walk away from a party here feeling that we have done some of our best work, and I thank our clients and friends for pushing us to do that.

What cultures have influenced you?

I love to travel and find just about any place interesting. Drop me in Bayonne, New Jersey, and I will find something cool! Our new collection of holiday decorating items for West Elm was initially inspired by a trip to the Dominican Republic.

What adjustments have people made due to the recent economic challenges?

We focus on coming up with interesting new ideas that are all about ingenuity and less about the cash register ringing. People should walk into a party and say, “Wow!” They should not be thinking at all about cost. The value of a good idea is priceless!

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KELLY ANDRES SELECT EVENT RENTALS Andres has made quite a name for herself decorating tables and tents for exclusive local events. She took first place in the 2008 Table Top Décor Competition.

RITA BLOOM CREATIVE PARTIES LTD Founded in 1968 in Bethesda,

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Creative Parties provides full-service event planning including invitations and décor. A leader in the green movement, Bloom has overseen weddings of local dignitaries, events in historical houses, and soirées in Italy and London.

FRED ELTING EVENT LIGHTING Since its inception 30 years ago, Frost Lighting has grown into a national success, boasting the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the New York Botanical Garden among its notable clients.

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SANDI HOFFMAN EVENT PLANNER Established solely by word of mouth, Hoffman’s esteemed reputation has made her the planner of choice for an elite and elegant clientele.

JACK H LUCKY OWNER

JACK H LUCKY FLORAL DESIGN The premier florist for highprofile Washington events, Lucky provides extravagant arrangements and decorative services for, among others, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the National Gallery of Art, and the Phillips Collection.

SARA MCGREGOR CAPITOL CATERING Previously featured in Harper’s Bazzar, InStyle, Grace Ormonde, and a host of other publications, McGregor and her team have catered presidential inaugurations, events for the Screen Actors Guild, weddings, and all the inbetweens.

JACK SHANNON EAST COAST ENTERTAINMENT Has offices in ten major cities and has provided lighting, costuming, audio, and décor for top events for more than 30 years. Relies heavily on referrals and has expanded into the wedding and corporate markets.

SYZYGY EVENT PRODUCTIONS Syzygy has won the International Special Events Society (ISES) Capital Award five times within the last two years, and counts the National Portrait Gallery and the Washington Ballet among its big name clients.

ANDRE WELLS EVENT PLANNER Events by Andre Wells has been featured in just about every luxury magazine in Washington since its inception, and was recently cited in the May 2009 issue of Vogue.

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Raise a glass (and a chair) to Ashok Bajaj (seated), who “feeds the in-crowd� at seven of Washington’s top restaurants.

Left to right: executive chefs Adam Longworth (701 Restaurant), Tony Conte (The Oval Room), Nilesh Singhvi (The Bombay Club), Vikram Sunderam (Rasika), Nicholas Stefanelli (Bibiana), and Alex McWilliams (Ardeo and Bardeo). (Photo by James R. Brantley)

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ARTISTRY WITH AN EDGE FROM THE CAPITAL’S MOST INVENTIVE FOOD AND WINE EXPERTS The recent partnership between famed Spanish chef JOSE ANDRES and Ridgewells, the old guard Washington caterer, has given social folk a brave new world of creative canapÊs, including foie gras wrapped in co#on candy.

Chef CATHAL ARMSTRONG and his wife MESHELLE revolutionized Old Town Alexandria dining by focusing on the ďŹ nest local ingredients at

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Restaurant Eve, Eamonn’s A Dublin Chipper, PX, and Majestic CafÊ.

No wonder local restaurant folks voted Vermillion’s executive chef, ANTHONY CHITTUM, this year’s “Rising Culinary Star.� His imaginative, innovative, and delicious seasonal cuisine wins raves from fellow chefs and non-industry patron alike.

Members of the DC Cra Bartenders Guild (dcbartendersguild.com) gather at bars to discuss spirits and the secrets of mixology. Sibling founders DEREK AND TOM BROWN plan to open their own cocktail lounge soon.

Dolcezza owners ROBB DUNCAN and VIOLETA EDELMAN use ingredients from local farms to create the best-tasting and most creative gelatos in Georgetown or any town.

(Flavors include lemon opal basil, ginger cardamom pistachio, and crookneck pumpkin.)

TIFFANY MACISAAC

pastry chef at the new Birch & Barley near Logan Circle, puts a highly individual stamp on her exotic beer pretzel rolls, whiskey vanilla milkshakes, and house-made “Hostess� cupcakes.

Foodies far and wide depend on AMANDA

MCCLEMENTS’ Metrocurean website (amandamc.blogspot.com) for trenchant scoops on the local restaurant scene.

Rest assured that ANDY MYERS CityZen’s talented master sommelier, will ďŹ nd just the right wine to pair with your food, whether its a $500 Château Talbot or a “quirkyâ€? bo#le from an “odd locale.â€? By the way, he’s also a drummer in a punk rock band.

Proof’s irreverent wine director, SEBASTIAN ZUTANT dresses the part and uses colorful adjectives to describe wine to his many highly discriminating patrons.

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pike Mendelsohn’s Good Stuff Eatery on Capitol Hill serves beef with a conscience without any fuss. The formula that has made his quick-serve handmade burger operation such a success – yes, Michelle Obama has been there – is part whimsy, part flair. “Farm-raised� grilled chicken breast, for instance, can be substituted for red meat. His Prez Obama Burger (applewood bacon, red onion marmalade, horseradish mayo, and Roquefort), one of nine on the menu at 303 Pennsylvania Ave. SE, won a recent invitation-only “Top Chef � competition.

The feat spurred on this Culinary Institute of America-trained under30 entrepreneur to plan expansion around town and to soon open a New York-style pizza kitchen next door, complete with old-fashioned soda fountain and the promise of curbside service, under a new “We the People� brand. – Ann Geracimos

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Meet Peter Corbett (@corbett3000) founder of digital agency iStrategyLabs (ISL). “Follow� him and you’ll find he is known for co-creating Apps for Democracy and co-founding Government 2.0 Club, Government 2.0 Camp, and Transparency Camp. Recently NASDAQ OMX hired his company to launch a global social media campaign and the U.S. Army tapped them to encourage military technologists to build new web and mobile apps.

Somehow he still finds time to Tweet 20 times a day. (Photo by Anchyi Wei)

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TERESA CARLSON V P FOR U S FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

MICROSOFT PUBLIC SECTOR Fed sales for evolving so ware company powering most government computers.

ANEESH CHOPRA FEDERAL CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER One of the most innovative and articulate tech thinkers to hit town.

JOHN CULBERSON GOP CONGRESSMAN FROM TEXAS { TH DISTRICT} Considered by those-in-the know to be the most Web 2.0 savvy elected oďŹƒcial on the Hill.

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MARK DRAPEAU SOCIAL MEDIA BON VIVANT From teaching at GW and the DOD’s Center for Technology and National Security Policy to strategizing at O’Reilly Radar, Drapeau is a leading social media mind and personality.

JULIUS GENACHOWSKI CHAIRMAN OF THE FCC Decision maker with broad inuence over how Americans access and use the Web. Founded LaunchBox with Sean Greene and John McKinely.

SHANA GLICKFIELD ONLINE COMMUNITY DIRECTOR WWW NEXTGENWEB ORG Ăœber tech connector and D.C. social media man of inuence.

SEAN GREENE CO-FOUNDER LAUNCHBOX His early-stage investment ďŹ rm

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helps entrepreneurs jump-start their concepts. Founded the Away.com travel network before selling it to Orbitz.

ALLYSON KAPIN FOUNDER PARTNER RAD CAMPAIGN This pioneering online advocacy guru also founded “Women Who Tech,â€? a telesummit for women in the non-proďŹ t and political campaign worlds.

BETH NOVAK ANDREW MCGLAUGHLIN & KATIE STANTON THE WHITE HOUSE Novak heads Obama’s Open Government Initiative; McGlaughlin was a Google heavyweight who now serves as deputy chief technology oďŹƒcer of Internet policy; Stanton is the director of citizen participation.

TIM O’SHAUGHNESSY CO-FOUNDER AND CEO

LIVINGSOCIAL On the cu#ing edge of leveraging the power of social media to convince people to purchase, review, and share their favorite things.

HOOMAN RADFAR CO-FOUNDER AND CEO

CLEARSPRING The McLeanbased ďŹ rm promises “Your Content. Everywhereâ€? and boasts 470 million unique users of its widgets across more than 80 platforms and sites, including Washington Life – we use it for our Social Calendar widget.

STEVE RESSLER PRESIDENT OF GOVLOOP COM Former fed now working full-time on the rapidly-growing premier social network for govies.

ALEC ROSS SENIOR ADVISOR ON INNOVATION TO THE SECRETARY OF

STATE An original thinker in a traditional agency, creating a 21st century culture of diplomacy.

DICK STAPLETON DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF WEB COMMUNICATIONS AND NEW MEDIA HHS Used social media eectively to help citizens during the peanut product recall.

JANET YANG VENTURE CAPITALIST NOVAK BIDDLE VENTURE PARTNERS Has the power and funds to launch your online business. On the board of CivicUS and serves as a board observer for portfolio companies: Avail Media, eMinor, Freewebs, StarďŹ sh Retention Solutions, and Ztar Mobile.

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FEATURE | PERFORMING ARTS

Arena’s Female Force SEATED (left to right): Life Trustee, philanthropist, and building namesake Jaylee Mead, Artistic Director Molly Smith, namesake of the Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle Arlene Kogod STANDING (left to right): Trustee and cochairwomen of the Opening Committee Michele Berman and Beth Newburger Schwartz (Photo by Joseph Allen)

Arena Stage will reopen in the new Mead Center for American Theater in fall 2010, thanks to some of Washington’s most forward-thinking women

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eep and dangerous in the American spirit, is how Artistic Director Molly Smith, describes Arena Stage. Currently undergoing a facelift of facelifts, Arena will reopen as Arena Stage at The Mead Center for American Theater in fall 2010 with the 683seat Fichandler Stage, the 514-seat fan-shaped Kreeger Theatre, and the new Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle, a 200-seat theater with all the bells and whistles to make it one of the most dramatic spaces in Washington.

The first racially integrated theater in Washington, Arena opened its doors in 1950 and has remained committed to producing and developing the best in classic and modern American productions. Smith, who took over as artistic director in 1998 after founding and then leading the Perseverance Theatre in Juneau, Alaska for the previous 19 years, has made Arena Stage a community for American voices with next generation educational programming, a new play institute, and a research center.

It’s warmer below the Mason-Dixon Line than in Juneau and Smith’s “perseverance” paid off. After a decade of talking about renovations, she decided Arena had to move “into the next century” and broke ground on its new 200,000-square-foot waterfront home in January, 2008. A national and international search for an architect led to the hiring of Bing Thom, who designed the new Arena Stage with the same free spirit it was founded upon.

Come fall 2010, Smith says, “the cradle (and all the rest of it) will rock.”

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West End Weekend With a weaker pound and presents to buy, it’s time to make your way across the pond to bring London’s glamour to your holiday gifts

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verflowing baskets of port and foie gras, kidskin gloves to fight the cold, a cut-to- covet bespoke suit, red carpet-worthy gowns with all the trimmings – that’s what you’ll find this season in London’s fashionable West End when you indulge in a pre-holiday splurge from Regent Street to Saville Row. Beautiful presents will always be appreciated by those on your holiday shopping list, but if you really want your gift to be remembered, consider something with British cachet.

Plan now, make those flight reservations, and don’t forget to take along this little guide to the West End for shopping, dining, and a truly wonderful place to stay:

SELFRIDGES Spanning a complete city block, Selfridges, founded by – gasp! – an American (and one from Wisconsin at that), draws you in immediately from the sidewalk with its over-thetop window displays.The department store boasts six floors of prime designers, food and wine, the world’s largest beauty hall, and a … tattoo parlor.

Yes, you can get inked while buying a Vivienne Westwood gown (she did grow up just a few miles away in South Kensington.) And, if you’re dodging

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paparazzi, or just want to pretend, Selfridge’s VIP personal shopping service has a separate entrance and exit. Selfridges, Lower Ground Floor, 400 Oxford St., London, W1A 1AB, UK, +44 20 8123400, www.selfridges.com.

LIBERTY A black and white Tudor manse in the middle of modern London? That would be Liberty, one of the city’s most charming luxury emporiums. Known worldwide for its eponymous

collection and signature print, the store also sells housewares and hard-to-find accessories. The subtle floral print is traditional, but the store also does a notable job of pleasing more up-to-date fashionistas as well. Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood’s line of clothes printed with his own oil paintings are sold exclusively here. Perfect holiday gifts for the hostess: signature print towels, leather-bound embossed journals, and lavender-filled silk pillows.

Liberty, Great Marlborough St., London, UK, +44 20 7573 9484, www.liberty.co.uk.

SKETCH Featuring décor described by GQ magazine as “jaw-droppingly ambitious,” this restaurant will have you snapping cellphone photos of everything from the enormous domed skylight and heavy lead chandeliers in the main dining room to the toilets shaped like individual plastic space pods. Sketch was formerly Christian Dior’s London showroom and is now where

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Tucked away on Swallow Street, Gaucho restaurant offers an Argentine feast to fuel your shopping fire.

well-heeled Mayfair residents come to dine.

The food is labeled as French but is really a fusion of refined Gallic cuisine, English comfort food, and Asian flavors. Afternoon tea in the parlor is a modern version of that storied English institution with chicken cocotte, tuna sashimi, and avocado tempura to nibble along with your Earl Grey. Come for the food, stay for the décor, the art, the music, and of course the people watching. Sketch Restaurant, 9 Conduit St., London, W1S 2XG, UK, +44 870 777 4488, www.sketch.uk.com.

ALFRED DUNHILL If Prince Charles were having a boy’s afternoon out, he would probably choose to break open the cognac, smoke a cigar, have a shave, and buy a new wardrobe at this elegant ode to testosterone. Housed in a building erected in 1793, it once belonged to the Duke of Westminster (who famously had an affair with Coco Chanel), and now houses Dunhill’s coveted leather goods, ready-to-wear line, a movie theater complete with the house’s leather armchairs and action flicks, a humidor where Sir Winston Churchill kept his stogies, a spa, barbershop, indoor and outdoor café, and bespoke studio. Bat an eyelash or two at the head tailor and he will show you Orlando Bloom and Jude Law’s made-to-measure suit patterns.This is where to buy Dunhill’s numbered

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limited-edition accessories, Rollagas lighters, and enough cashmere to warm a battalion, but also a welcoming place to laze the afternoon away in a man’s man’s world. Alfred Dunhill, 2 Davies St., Mayfair, London, W1K 3DJ, UK, +44 (0)845 458 0779, www.dunhill.com.

BURLINGTON ARCADE The longest and the first covered shopping street in England, the Arcade has been a great escape since 1819 when Lady Cavendish told her husband she simply could no longer shop among the masses.

Lord Cavendish kindly built Burlington Arcade, which soon included dozens of elegant specialty stores guarded by the famous Beadles, liveried attendants wearing Edwardian frock coats and top hats who enforce the arcade’s strict code of behavior. There is still no whistling allowed (Sir Paul McCartney is exempted, of course), but it is a great place to check off your entire holiday list with such stores as Polistas (for the Middleburg polo player in your life), the Vintage Watch Company (with the world’s largest vintage Rolex collection), Luponde Tea, Laduree, and Crockett & Jones for high-end shoes. Burlington Arcade, Mayfair, London, W1, UK, www.burlington-arcade.co.uk.

FORTNUM AND MASON Famous for

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its overflowing holiday hampers (Yankee translation: really lavish gift baskets), “The Queen’s Grocer” has been catering to the Royal Family forever and the lucky folks on your holiday list will be happy to be pampered, too.

The store has been selling fine teas since 1707 and is an optimum choice for terrines, truffles, chocolates, caviar, and other fine foodstuffs as well. To really indulge, order the Christmas Feast Hamper overflowing with King George Christmas pudding, goose foie gras en gelée, Fortnum’s Vintage Champagne, Tanzanian coffee, and much else. Fortnum and Mason, 181 Piccadilly Westminster, London, W1J 9, UK, +44 20 7734 8040, www.fortnumandmason.com.

PENHALIGON’S Ah, the scent of a woman …

Nothing makes quite an impression like having your own unique fragrance, which Penhaligon’s is happy to help you create. The founder of the parfumerie, William Penhaligon, was a “Wildean, Byronian rebel” born in Penzance (yes, like the pirates) who began making exclusive fragrances for clients in his Jermyn Street barbershop.

“Blenheim Bouquet,” which he created for the Duke of Marlborough in 1902, remains the company’s best-selling fragrance. (Penhaligon’s also holds royal warrants from the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Edinburgh). You can

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Location, luxury, and a good book? The best gifts of all. Langham Hotel, 1c Portland Place, Regent St., London, GB W1B 1JA, UK, +44 20 7636 1000, london.langhamhotels.co.uk.

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before bed, a fully extending seat with privacy dividers, and a new £4.3 billion terminal equipped with 96 check-in ports at Heathrow airport when you land – all are part of British Airways’ revamped business class service.

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also try your hand mixing bergamot, jasmine, and other oils to create something uniquely personal. Penhaligon’s, 125 Regent St., London, UK, +44(0) 1795 519, www.penhaligons.co.uk.

JENNY PACKHAM Roll out the red carpet, Jenny Packham’s flagship store, housed in a former Victorian-era bank, has more glamour than last summer in St. Tropez. The British designer, known for her trendy ready-to-wear frocks and va-va-voom bridal gowns, dresses clients like Mariah Carey and Emma Watson for their magic moments.Visit the former vault where wedding dresses are displayed alongside beautiful chinoiserie (alas, not for sale), then choose one of the alluring cutout dresses with slits up to there. Choose one of these and you’ll be a real hit on the other side of the Atlantic.

Jenny Packham, 3a Carlos Place, Mount St., Westminster, London W1K 3, UK, www. jennypackham.com.

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GAUCHO Hungry after all that shopping? Have a meal at this hip Argentine eatery where the Wild West-meets-minimalism décor features rawhide on the walls and oversized chandeliers.

Separate areas for dining, drinking, and lounging provide ample spaces to canoodle or party before or after an excellent sirloin, fillet, or ribeye. Time Out London declared it the city’s best steak restaurant, but the less carnivorously inclined can also enjoy king scallop ceviche and Patagonian seabass. Gaucho Grill, 19 Swallow St., London, W1B, UK, +44 20 77344040, www. gauchorestaurants.areco.uk.

transatlantic flight, but having a nightcap, a pre-flight supper, and undisturbed sleep until breakfast will help you stay horizontal as you fly the friendly skies. And when you do land at the new Terminal 5, you can recline by one of the fireplaces or shower in one of the personal bathrooms before hitting the town. 1-800AIRWAYS, www.britishairways.com VISIT LONDON - Established in 1963, Visit London is the official tourism organization for Britain’s capital. Not only does it keep up with the best restaurants, fashion outlets, and festivals, it also serves as a one-stop-shop for

THE LANGHAM HOTEL What could be more British than The Langham? As iconically English as double-decker buses and Burberry plaid, The Langham, which opened its doors in 1865, recently underwent an £80 million renovation, a subtle nip and tuck which served only to heighten its elegant decor. The very much en vogue palette is a muted fawn gray and deep purple with lavish

advice on everything from gallery openings and pub-crawls to highly-rated hotels and navigating the Tube. In an effort to further assist your trip, the new “Visit London Approved” marque can be found on hotels and B&B’s that meet Visit London’s high standards. +44 (0)20 7234 5800, www.visitlondon.com

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“MAKE IT WORK” All Access Fashion, a three-day fashion extravaganza, culminated as “Project Runway” co-host Tim Gunn stormed the stage to showcase the latest looks from Liz Claiborne Inc. Gunn, a native Washingtonian, advised the crowd (which filled all three levels of the galleria) of his three keys to looking great: silhoue#e, proportion, and a proper fit. THE CATWALK: Models dressed in Juicy Couture, Lucky Brand Jeans, Kenzie, Monet, and Kate Spade hit the runway, showing there is more than one way to wear any article of clothing. Other events included an industry panel, a fall fashion show hosted by supermodel Frederique van der Wal, and runway shows from Basler, 7 for All Mankind, Nicole Miller, and Betsey Johnson. SHOPPER’S PARADISE: Guests took advantage of special Washington Life discounts at Max Mara, Cartier, Cole Haan, Betsey Johnson, James Clothier, Habatat Galleries, and Liljenquist & Beckstead.

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Revelations and Risotto Literary lights ponder before dinner at the Folger; media types don aprons for a cause

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REVELATION INSPIRATION At the 21st annual PEN/Faulkner Fiction Award Gala, humorist Calvin Trillin announced that he lacked credentials to produce a trendy public confessional. “I had a happy childhood,” he said from the Folger Shakespeare Library’s Elizabethan Stage. “But please don’t let that get back to New York!”

Twelve distinguished writers read their threeminute takes on the official topic, “Revelation.”

S eve r a l re f e re n c e d the Biblical book of Revelation, with Pulitzer Prize winner Geraldine Brooks wittily extracting, “Write what you see” from the musings of John of Patmos.

National Book Award winner and Bethesda resident Alice McDermott captured a funny and fruitless dialogue with her mother on the Virgin Mary’s place in that controversial scriptural work.

Cancer themed the takes of Amy Tan, Beth Henley, Nam Le, and David Anthony Durham, whose revelation came as he took his dying mother’s hand.

Five other distinguished writers included Guggenheim Fellowship recipient W. Ralph Eubanks, the director of publishing at the Library of Congress; versatile novelist Jay McInerney, whose Bright Lights, Big City became a movie, then a stage musical; and Ana Menéndez, a daughter of Cuban exiles, who has written a collection with a prizewinning title story, “In Cuba I Was a German Shepherd.”

Her literary heroes? “Growing up I loved Hemingway, then I graduated to Faulkner.”

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Debra Magpie Earling was hailed for her first novel, Perma Red, set on a Native American reservation. At first her words seemed from the “magical realism” school – but later conversation revealed that to be untrue. “All Indians have some psychic ability,” she said. “I do myself.” She is a member of the Bitterroot Salish tribe, pejoratively called the Flathead Left: Liz Glover, Nikki Schwab, Barry Glassman, Enzo Fargione, Patrick Gavin, and Christine Delargy at Teatro Goldoni. Below: David Anthony Durham and Ana Menéndez at the PEN/Faulkner Gala.

Indians. “By the French,” she added.

Tijuana-born, prize-winning Luis Alberto Urrea revealed a universal truth that writers (indeed all of us) would do well to heed. He drew a gasp when he strode onstage and then threw his notes to the floor. Speaking of his writerly beginnings as a missionaries’ translator in a Tijuana garbage dump “city,” he learned that, ultimately, “There is no them, only us.”

HE COOKS TO CONQUER When Barry Glassman dons a white toque for Chef ’s Night, his fans anticipate

a cordon bleu dinner for a good cause. A money-management guru, he painstakingly plans the tasting menu, takes over the kitchen to cook it, and underwrites the evening.

Glassman cooks to conquer deadly illness and donates the proceeds to the National Brain Tumor Society, as he did recently at Teatro Goldoni, under the eye of Enzo Fargione, the restaurant’s award-winning chef.

Media personalities served as “celebrity waiters” who passed hors d’oeuvres before the varsity Teatro staff took over: WUSA TV/ CBS anchor Andrea Roane, Kiki Ryan and Patrick Gavin from Politico, Nikki Schwab, who co-pens the Examiner’s “Yeas and Nays” column; Pulitzer-nominated author Myra MacPherson; Christine Delargy of Media Bistro’s “Fishbowl D.C.”; Bill Press, now hosting his own show on XM/Sirius Radio; economics reporter Jodi Schneider; and Liz Glover of the Washington Times.

Appetizers were a mélange of butterysmooth burrata mozzarella, prosciutto from Parma, and green olives from Sicily. The first course partnered risotto and roasted butternut squash puree, with lobster sauced with a port wine reduction heightened by fresh thyme and pancetta.

The second course, an anise-dusted seared Ahi tuna loin, was accompanied by a bicolored tomato terrine with roasted eggplant.

Third course (are you still with us?): artichokeand-prosciutto-stuffed roulade of Guinea hen with mascarpone and seared mission figs.

Glassman’s mother, Ronnie Glassman, who was visiting from Massachusetts, hooted when asked if she had taught him to cook.

“He’s been reading cookbooks for years the way others read novels,” she said. Her son is also a wine buff, and the bottles he served and donated to the silent auction certainly reflected it.

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ctive in his field for over 40 years, photographer Philip Trager is renowned for his intimate pictures of buildings and expressionistic images of dancers.Trager’s “Form and Movement” exhibition is currently on display at the National Building Museum and The Library of Congress is acquiring his definitive archive as part of its core collections.

aren’t going well. At other times, you can take a number of photographs on what looks to be a good day, and ultimately realize only one or two are really worthy images.

You are best known for your photography of architecture, which is static, and of dance, which is all about movement. How did you become interested in such contrasting subjects?

to making photographs, I would be interested in trying to make original views of a number of buildings, including the Thomas Jefferson Building (especially its interiors), the Capitol, the National Building Museum (especially its interior space and upper exterior), and some “anonymous” buildings. I have found that aesthetic significance does not always coincide with historical significance.

What artists inspire you?

Give us the back story on one photograph that is especially meaningful to you.

Except for a two-year period in the early 1980’s I have always found new projects that enthuse me. Perhaps adding dancers as subject matter gave me additional inspiration. Generally each of my projects takes from three to five years and culminate in a book. I have been photographing in color, digitally, over the past two years and am very enthusiastic about this change of direction.

I photographed architecture for over 20 years before becoming interested in dance.

Although they are contrasting subjects, there is some commonality in that I have used natural light for both and placed the dancers outdoors in the landscape. At times, a photograph of a building can give a feeling of movement as well as stillness. A photograph of dance can convey stillness but inherent in the stillness there can be tension that gives a sense of movement.

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One of my favorites is of the Guggenheim Museum. I had a personal problem on the day that I made it, and took only one photograph that day. It always serves as a reminder to me that the process of making photographs can be very subtle and a bit mysterious. At times, you can produce a good image when other things

When I was in my teens, I remember being very excited by a photograph by Alfred Stieglitz of three apples and a summer cottage. I thought about it for years. Books by William Klein and Lisette Model influenced my approach to my book Dancers.

You’ve been a photographer for over 40 years. How do you stay fresh and inspired?

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NUPTIALS OF NOTE Julie Martin and

Charley Matheson tied the knot recently after a long courtship.The bride’s mother, Diane Martin, and her sisters Mia Glickman and Suzanne Cooke, were in attendance as well as the bridegroom’s brothers and sister, friends, and other family members at an elegant reception at the couple’s home, “RoseBank.” The newlyweds, who share a love of horses, have been documenting their fox hunting forays, with Julie carrying a video camera on horseback – quite a feat while galloping over hill and dale.

Richmond native Janie Covington and Andrew Motion, a local gentleman/ estate agent with Sheridan-MacMahon Ltd., have announced their engagement and will soon join the Mathesons as prominent Hunt Country newlyweds.

REAL ESTATE NEWS “The Oaks,”

Above: The recent groundbreaking for the $4.4 million 13,000-square foot National Sporting Art Museum. Turner Reuter, Jacqueline Ohrstrom, Clarke Ohrstrom, Manuel Johnson, Charles Akre, Jacqueline Mars, and Betsee Parker at the 1804 Federal brick Vine Hill on the west edge of Middleburg. The center will open in 2011 with “Afield in America: Four Hundred Years of Animal and Sporting Art, 15851985.”(Photo courtesy of the Sporting Library by Dee Dee Hubbard) Right: Kim Ginn and Lenny Hale at the Ride For The Cure. (Photo by Vicky Moon)

the 215-acre estate formerly owned by philanthropist and environmentalist Joan Irvine Smith (as in the Irvine Museum, University of California/Irvine, etc.) has been sold. Some will recall that Smith’s late former husband, Cappy Smith, was a legendary dashing horseman and a master of the Orange County Hunt.

The $6.8 million property, listed by Ruth Ripley of Armfield, Miller and Ripley Fine Properties Ltd., includes stables, an indoor ring, and a handsome stone house built in 1935 as a hunt box for chemical heir, aviation pioneer, and soldier A. Felix du Pont Jr.The new owners are Julie and John Coles. Mr. Coles, currently a master of the Orange County Hunt and the selling agent out of Thomas and Talbot, purchased the iconic estate with another couple

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who wish to remain unnamed.

Another local philanthropist, Nick Arundel, introduced his latest project at Morningside Training Farm with a VIP reception with Gen. H.A. “Buzz” Kievenaar and Maureen Kievenaar. Those visiting the new multidiscipline (hunters, polo, jumpers, cross-country, and steeplechase) facility have included writer Bruce Smart and Edie Smart and Beau and Dee Van Metre. The rolling 130-acre, circa 1930’s Thoroughbred breed farm had been slated to become – horrors! – a housing development.

SOCIAL NOTES Several hundred fashionistas assembled at Mary Lea and Jim Treptow’s

“Hickory Tree Farm” for the Windy Hill Fashion Show chaired by dynamo Beth Ann Mascatello (who called it “the most successful year ever”).

The afternoon event, produced by Valerie Dove, Judy Washburn, Helen Wiley, and Mary Jo Jackson along with Jennifer Sirianni, Julie Guiliani, and Nicole Wyatt, was at Saks Fifth Avenue at Tysons Galleria, where the display included local “models” in styles from The Connoisseur Collection and Duchessa, Highcliffe Clothiers, Lou Lou, Magic Wardrobe, and designer Wendy Pepper.

Kudos (and thank you from a two-time survivor) to all who walked in the Cherry Blossom Breast Cancer event – including Patty Jarvis, Barb Hunter, Lizanne Driskill, Lisa White, and Maianne Dodson – which included a pre-event barbeque at Maggie Bryant’s lakeside pavilion. Congrats to the many equestriennes who rode in the “Ride for the Cure” from Maureen Hanley’s Fox Chase Farms to Dot Smithwick’s Sunnybank Farm and back. A special shout out to the team from FlyAway tables led by Pam Woolley, Kim Ginn, Sallie Edwards, and leading fundraiser Laura Clopectki.

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EASTBANC PREVIEW ELIZABETH BLAKESLEE, RICHARD NEWTON, and MEI-MEI VENNERS by the rooftop pool at Eastbanc at 3307 M Street. / MARC SATRAZEMIS and JANE HOWARD (Photos by Kyle Samperton)

WAMU’S 30TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF ‘THE DIANE REHM SHOW’ B SMITH and COKIE ROBERTS (left) celebrate 30 years of “The Diane Rehm Show” at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium / VICTORIA SANT, DIANE REHM, and ROGER SANT (Photos by James R. Brantley)

BREAST CANCER BREAKFAST Rep. DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ (left) at the Breast Cancer Breakfast at the Grand Hyatt Hotel. / Host MICHELLE FENTY and Sen. MARY LANDRIEU (Photos by Tony Powell)

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HOME LIFE

Real Estate News and Open House | At home with Tim and Shigeko Bork, The WWI Memorial, and the latest Real Estate transactions

A CONTEMPORARY

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ARTS PATRONS TIM AND SHIGEKO BORK BRING NEW LIFE TO EVALYN WALSH MCLEAN’S FORMER GEORGETOWN HOME

BY ERNESTO SANTALLA, AIA, LEED, AP PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOSEPH ALLEN

Shigeko, Skye, and Tim Bork in the drawing room of their R Street NW home.

The sculpture seen in the background is titled “Valiant Struggle #4” by Chinese artist Chen Wen Ling.

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HOME LIFE | INSIDE HOMES Andy Warhol’s “Vote McGovern” commands this view of the Library, where the Bork’s contemporary aesthetics complement the architecture by contrast.

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riginally designed in 1814 by architect George Howe, the eye-catching Georgetown residence of Tim and Shigeko Bork was once owned by Evalyn Walsh McLean, Washington socialite extraordinaire and owner of the famed Hope Diamond. McLean was known to slide the supposedly cursed gemstone across the floor of the drawing room during lulls in the lavish parties she hosted. The Dumbarton Tennis Club acquired the house (after it had expanded to the size of an entire block) but eventually sold it to then-U.S. Ambassador to Egypt Alexander Kirk. After the enormous property was subdivided into a series of separate mansions, the club’s pool became a back alley, the ballroom part of one house, and the main kitchen part of another. In the 1960’s, grande dame Ella Poe Burling renovated her large section in the style of the time and her home remained largely untouched until 2001 when the Borks purchased it after her death.

Avowed Italophiles, the couple “contemporized” the structure, removing layer upon layer of paint and velvet brocade wallpaper to restore well-proportioned rooms to forgotten grandeur and display

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their own collections of eclectic art and classic contemporary furniture.

Owners of a house built for major entertaining as well as patrons and benefactors of the arts, the Borks host social events both indoors and on the terraced gardens, one most recently for The Washington Ballet.

The driving force behind the Shigeko Bork Mu Project, which specializes in presenting contemporary art from Asia to the Washington area audience, Mrs. Bork has helped launch the U.S. careers of such well-known artists as Hiroshi Kobayashi, Zie Rong, and Ruijun Shen.

Her husband serves as president of the Africa Society of the National Summit, an organization devoted to educating Americans about the African continent. As a director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art, he is dedicated to showcasing the works of new African artists as well.

Above the tree line, the house boasts sweeping views of Washington’s finest vistas: to the south, Georgetown, the Potomac River, Rosslyn, and Reagan National Airport; to the north, the Washington National Cathedral. This “grand ’ol home” is a cross-cultural fusion where history, power, scandal, and philanthropy meet.

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Clockwise from top left: The vestibules expand upon the theme of old and new, where modern art, an antique rug, contemporary furniture, and an often-replicated lantern make a unique aesthetic statement; Previously overlooked, the marble floor in the dining room, which came from the White House, the U.S. Capitol, or The Old Ebbitt Grill, was fully restored. Vintage Barcelona chairs upholstered in white leather, rather than the traditional black, replace a Louis XIV settee or Chippendale sideboard which likely occupied the same spot decades ago; Hiroshi Kobayashi’s large scale painting, “Baby Balloon,” figurative and abstract, shows the artist’s command of perspective and is an example of his unique technique reminiscent of “paint by numbers.” One of the interior’s treasures is this precursor to the pedestal – a sink that retains all its original features: a marble stone top, wrought iron base, enameled sink, and bronze faucets.

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HOME LIFE | HISTORICAL LANDSCAPES

Fallen Heroes A monument to a forgotten war’s soldiers awaits restoration on the National Mall

BY DONNA EVERS

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one that serves as a tribute to the dead of the “Great War,” and more specifically, the fallen soldiers from the District of Columbia.

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary on June 28, 1914, was “a spark that set the world on fire.” The conflagration spread quickly until most of the nations of the world were drawn into ever-widening hostilities. Technological advances in warfare overpowered outmoded military tactics, and with only trenches for cover, foot soldiers died by the hundreds of thousands, being no match for long-range guns, tanks, and an especially terrible new invention, poison gas.

More than 15 million combatants died, including 535 from the District of Columbia.Their sacrifice is commemorated with a simple columned monument on the National Mall near Independence Avenue and 17th Street NW. The temple-like pavilion, just large enough to hold the United States Marine Band’s 80 members, was dedicated by President Herbert Hoover on Armistice Day, Nov. 11, 1931. At the ceremony, men bared their heads in respect while the bugler played taps, and then John Philip Souza, who had come out of retirement for the occasion, led the band in “The Stars and Stripes Forever.”

The World War I Memorial The monument,

he First World War left an indelible impression on all of those who experienced its horrors. Ernest Hemingway, one of many young writers who volunteered to drive ambulances on the battlefields, borrowed an expression coined by his friend, Gertrude Stein, to describe those who came of age during and shortly after the conflict as the “Lost Generation.”To those who witnessed the death and devastation, the war signaled the end of optimism about the future.

At the same time, they marveled at the courage of the soldiers who gave their lives.

War memorials are an important reminder of courage and sacrifice, and while the National Mall is full of such monuments, there is only

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which is now in a sad state of disrepair, is well worth saving. Public funds have recently been set aside for its restoration and the World War I Memorial Foundation is sponsoring an event to raise awareness of the littleknown site. Fittingly, the event will take place on Nov. 9, shortly before Armistice Day, at Woodrow Wilson House. The hope is that the monument’s restoration will be secure when it is formally designated as having national as well as local importance.

Memorials are symbols of the wars they commemorate. The black granite wall of the Vietnam Memorial is a dramatic gash in the earth that stands for the pain and disillusionment of a war that divided our country and was ultimately lost, yet the names of the thousands of American soldiers who died are carved in the wall, so that each and every one will be remembered.

The World War I Memorial tells a different story. The names of the fallen are carved in its white marble base beneath the plaque that says “The Great War for Civilization.” The soldiers went into battle to fight for that cause and their mission was deemed accomplished. It is only in retrospect, after all, that we call it “World War I,” since at the time no one could imagine that the horrors of war on such a grand scale would ever be repeated.

As the people of a busy city swirl by, a quiet icon of symmetry and balance waits to be saved. While the monument serves as a reminder of the losses of war, the graceful marble temple is also a rebuke of cynicism and a tribute to bravery and heroism. These ancient ideals deserve to be saved, and so does the memorial that honors them.

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Charlottesville, Virginia Albemarle House, one of the most important residences created in the United States since the Golden Age consists of 300+/- acres in Charlottesville Virginia. Completed in 1985, this residence set the standard for private residential estates in the United States. Albemarle House changed the notion of what a grand house could be and demonstrated that they could be built from the ground up, sourcing materials and artisans from around the world. Offered for $100,000,000.

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Georgetown, Washington, D.C. 202.333.1212

McLean, VA 703.319.3344

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HOME LIFE | OPEN HOUSE

Impressive Abodes These notable residences offer exquisite living possibilities

GEORGETOWN VICTORIAN

P ST NW WASHINGTON DC

This distinctive Victorian residence occupies one of historic Georgetown’s most desirable corners. Large public areas, including living and music rooms with handsome fireplaces, easily accommodate over 100 guests. Four elegantly-styled powder rooms and a large entrance hall add to the gracious flow. The second floor features a master bedroom with enormous dressing rooms and two additional bedrooms with large baths. Built in 1875, the house boasts approximately 10,000 square feet of living space and special features like a breakfast room overlooking the garden and a swimming pool.

Asking Price:

$13,250,000

Listing Agent:

John A. Vardas | 301-807-1119 TTR Sotheby’s International Realty

FOREST HILLS FIND

AUDUBON TERRACE NW WASHINGTON DC

Set on estate-like grounds, this residence is located only a few minutes by car from downtown Washington. Elegant principal rooms on the main level include a formal living room, library, banquet-sized dining room, and great room.The two upper levels contain a master suite and four additional bedrooms. The lower level is perfect for entertaining with media room, billiards room, and wine tasting room. The landscaped grounds are accessed by a gated brick drive with a motor court, carriage house, and greenhouse. A garden leads to a terrace with a heated in-ground pool, outdoor kitchen, and dressing rooms. Fountains on the terrace overlook an illuminated tennis court.

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Asking Price:

$5,950,000

Listing Agents:

William F. X. Moody & Robert Hryniewicki | 202-243-1620 Washington Fine Properties, LLC

IMPECCABLE GEORGETOWN RESIDENCE P ST NW WASHINGTON DC

Located in the East Village, this circa 1820 residence sits on a large corner lot and has been impressively restored.There are architectural details throughout, including multiple fireplaces, high ceilings, and hardwood floors. This sun-filled house offers four finished levels with five bedrooms, three full and two half baths, and an elevator servicing all floors.The private garden is ideal for al fresco dining. The master suite offers a luxurious bath and dressing room with custom fitted closets.

A large parking spot is accessed from the garden level.

Asking Price:

$3,995,000

Listing Agent:

Julia Diaz-Asper | 202-256-1887 TTR Sotheby’s International Realty

SPACE SAVERS Closets by Design takes storage space to the next level

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hen renovating or buying a new house, customized features can give every corner a uniquely personal touch. CLOSET BY DESIGN’s Geoffrey Davenport has produced more than 16,000 custom-made closets and cabinets over the years for discerning Washington-area clientele.

There were the mahogany-laid walk-in closets made for James Carville and Mary Matalan’s Old Town Alexandria townhouse and the $20,000 custom job for Washington Redskin Clinton Portis’ McLean home. Former White House Press Secretary Dee Dee Meyers and her husband, Vanity Fair writer Todd Purdum, ordered “his and hers” closets for their Georgetown pad while Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor had Davenport’s team enlarge her closets in her Connecticut Avenue apartment.

Such is the life of the owner of the Washington-area Closets by Design franchise, the nation’s largest-volume and most successful outlet with sales reaching $6.5 million last year.

About 60 percent of his business is in the custom design and construction of closets, with the remainder in home offices, library shelving, basement storage, pantries, garages, and entertainment centers.

“We’re riding a trend,” Davenport says of his business. “Custom closets and offices are hot. They give people a sense of organization. Imagine getting up every morning and being totally organized – having that liberating feeling of really taking advantage of your space.”

Closets by Design Showroom, 6962 Wellington Rd., Manassas,Va., 800-2933744, www.closetsbydesign.com

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HOME LIFE | REAL ESTATE NEWS

Vintage Virginia Langley Hall, McLean’s former seat of government, sells to an anonymous trust; a stately 1938 Colonial in Alexandria’s Wellington neighborhood is now home to a defense contractor

BY STAC E Y G R A Z I E R P FA R R

THE DISTRICT Former Smithsonian Ventures CEO Gary Beer sold LOUGHBORO ROAD ROAD NW for just under $3 million.

Before working at the Smithsonian, Beer was president and chief operating officer of the Sundance Group, the for-profit division of the Sundance Film Festival.

Founded by Robert Redford, Sundance is the largest independent cinema gathering in the U.S., and was named after the famed actor’s character in the film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Washington Fine Properties’ Matt McCormick and Patrick Chauvin listed the house which was built in 1959 and renovated by Beer in 2005 and 2008 to include a heated The 6-bedroom, 8-bath residence at pool and circular driveway. Maggie 4935 Loughboro Rd. NW features a first floor au pair/in-law suite. It recently Shannon and Gary Frey of Tutt,Taylor sold for just under $3 million. & Rankin Sotheby’s International Realty represented the purchaser, Sallyport Inc., a security contracting firm based in Chicago.

MARYLAND Brandon and Danielle Rickman will be

the first owners to occupy the newly built house located at ABERDEEN PLACE in Bethesda. Brandon Rickman owns W.M. Rickman Construction Co., a family-owned commercial building firm that helped spearhead the development boom along Interstate 270, specifically the Shady Grove Life Sciences Center, a Rockville biotechnology business park. His wife is a special education teacher.The all-brick-and-stone 6,500-square-foot Colonial with solar panel capability was built earlier this year by Rembrandt Homes. Long and Foster’s Wendy and Joe Faraji were listing agents for the property, which sold for $2,050,000.

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VIRGINIA Patricia Luce sold her historic residence at

GEORGETOWN PIKE in McLean for $2

million with the help of McEnearney Associates’ Ann McClure and Anne DiBenedetto. Luce, who bought the house in 1988, is director of special programs at Beauvoir. Built in 1891 for use as a city hall, the structure originally stood where the old Georgetown Pike branched off from Fairfax Road to Leesburg. Langley Hall’s original mission was “to ensure unity, promote happiness, improvement, and prosperity” and many election night gatherings, temperance meetings, bazaars, plays, chicken dinners, and dances were held there. Eventually, the Washington and Old Dominion Railroad

diverted the town’s attention to other locations and the building was abandoned. In 1931, Douglass Mackall, a prominent Washington lawyer, converted the property to private use and moved it to its present location further north along the Pike. In 1937, the Storm family acquired the property and dubbed it “Stormbrook,” a name that is still in use. The house was completely restored by renowned builder Eugene Cullinane in the late ’80s and includes an opulent herringbone patio, new beamed ceilings, a carriage house, and terraced gardens. Long & Foster’s Terri Robinson and Charlie Hein represented the purchaser, an anonymous trust.

Insurance executive William Hogan, and

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Vienna, Virginia

$2,575,000

One can enjoy a piano concerto played in one’s very own concert hall, with perfect acoustics and ambiance afforded by state-of-the-art sound and lighting. The home’s 8,000+ square feet of luxury is simply incredible. www.Lilian.com. Lilian Jorgenson 703.407.0766/ 703.790.1990 (O).

Oakton, Virginia

$1,449,000

Darnestown, Maryland

Sited on nearly one acre with eye-catching curb appeal, this stylish and sophisticated residence enjoys closein convenience. The 3-level home with an open floor plan features grand living and entertaining spaces and is flooded with light. Sharon Hayman 703.402.2955/ 703.790.1990 (O). sharonhayman@aol.com.

Cleveland Park, D.C.

$1,199,000

DuPont, D.C. $1,050,000

Long & Foster Sells Far More $1 Million and Above Homes in the Washington, D.C. Metro Area Than the Next 4 Brokers Combined.* ®

Chevy Chase, Maryland

$2,595,000

This 2,900-squarefoot Brownstonestyle condominium offers an ideal location, parking, and a low association fee. The great floor plan includes a huge chef’s kitchen, a formal dining room, great closets, and a private rooftop deck. robythompson.com.

Roby Thompson 202.255.2986/ 202.483.6300 (O).

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Custom Design Concepts

This grand, new Arts & Crafts home offers idyllic privacy located just blocks to downtown Bethesda’s amenities and Metro. The designer finishes highlight the flexible floor plan, which includes an elevator, a finished attic, and a walkout lower level.

Joe Rubin 301.455.4371/ 301.907.7600 (O).

$4,500,000

This Circa-1898, Queen Anne Victorian was once recognized as one of America’s prettiest country residences. Sited on a one-third-acre lot with a heated pool, this landmark property on Newark Street is close to the National Zoo, Metro, and shopping. Terri Robinson 202.607.7737/ 202.944.8400 (O). trrestate@aol.com.

Sited on 2 acres, this custom-built, colonial-style home has a contemporary flair. The residence includes a 3-story addition, a great room, 2 recreation rooms, a library, a koi pond, and an owner’s suite with a deck. Gordon King 301.351.2621 and Pamela King 301.351.3608/ 240.497.1700 (O). gsking@mris.com.

Georgetown, D.C.

$1,149,000

Bethesda, Maryland

$2,334,819

Great Falls, Virginia

$6,000,000

Great Falls, Virginia

$3,800,000

This truly special condominium is located in one of Georgetown’s most luxurious buildings. The 2-bedroom, 2-bath residence includes a den, a kitchen with Viking appliances, and a grand living room with wall-to-wall French doors.

Ricki Gerger 202.364.5200 (O).

Surrounded by exquisite landscaping, terraces, a waterfall, a 40-foot pool, a spa, and a cabana, this home offers garden-inspired living. The 7-bedroom, 5.5-bath residence features a gourmet kitchen and a family room with a wall of garden-facing windows.

Elizabeth Russell 202.966.2598/ 202.364.1300 (O).

This stunning residence with a spectacular floor plan is to be custom-built by BOWA Builders on a gorgeous, 5-acre lot bordering the Potomac River. Sited in Carrwood Estates, an elegant setting of estate homes, the lot is available for purchase separately.

Karen Barker 703.928.8384/ 202.363.1800 (O).

This graceful, custom-built contemporary boasts the perfect setting. Featured in Architectural Digest, the residence has elegant design and fabulous amenities, including a pool and tennis court. Photos at www.karenbarker.com. Karen Barker 703.928.8384/ 202.363.1800 (O). karen.barker@longandfoster.com.

Washington, D.C.

Bethesda, Maryland

Washington, D.C.

North Arlington, Virginia

$1,275,000

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Circa-1923, this Edgemoor classic is beautifully sited on a huge 21,000-square-foot lot, just 2 blocks from Metro and downtown Bethesda. The grand, colonialstyle stucco residence includes large first-floor rooms, 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, and ample room to expand.

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Located in Forest Hills, this brick colonial-style home has contemporary flair. The 5-bedroom, 4.5-bath residence is ideal for both entertaining and private living, and includes 3 fireplaces, 2 offices, a den, a 2-car garage, a 40-foot Moeller pool, and a multi-level garden. Chevy Chase South Office 202.966.0400.

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Sited in the Jamestown/ Williamsburg/ Yorktown school district on nearly one acre, this charming, unique home has 4/5 bedrooms, 3 full baths, and a 4th rough-in. The residence includes front and rear staircases, a mainlevel guest room, a family room, and a library.

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McLean’s former town hall, now a private residence at 6439 Georgetwon Pike, sold for $2 million to a private trust. Once the scene of many public gatherings, it was converted to private use in the 1930s.

his wife, Victoria, sold KENT ROAD their stately 1938 stone Colonial along the banks of the Potomac to Daniel and Schele Mongeon. Mr. Hogan is the former president of the Alexandria-based firm, Morgan and Cheves Inc. Daniel Mongeon is president and CEO of Agility Logistics in Alexandria.

A retired Army general, he joined Agility Logistics after 34 years of military service and now oversees the defense contracting firm with 550 offices in 120 countries. Coldwell Banker’s Donnan Wintermute listed the 52,577-square-foot house in the Wellington neighborhood of Alexandria, which sold for $2,050,000.

With the help of Washington Fine Properties’ Robert Hryniewicki, Victoria Kilcullen, and William F. X. Moody,

BALLESTRADE COURT in McLean was sold for $3.3 million. The sellers of the 10,500square-foot Garfield Park French Country residence were Arthur and Linda Rodbell.

Arthur Rodbell is the co-founder of IXI Corporation, a market analytics company in McLean. The 2006 house boasts a home theater, five fireplaces, and porte cochère connecting the house to a three-car garage.

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TOODLE-LOO, TED: Washington Capitals owner and AOL Vice Chairman Emeritus Ted Leonsis is selling SORREL STREET in McLean for $14 million. Coldwell Banker’s Mark McFadden is listing the 20,000-square-foot Colonial on seven acres that was built in 1999. The 8-bedroom, 13bath residence has a guest house, pool, wine cellar, five car garage, and tennis court... but no hockey rink. In August, Leonsis and his wife, Lynn, bought a 2,750-square-foot condominium in the former Wormley School on Prospect Street NW in Georgetown for $2.6 million.

TOO MUCH SPACE: Black Entertainment Television (BET) founder Bob Johnson, is selling AUDUBON TERRACE NW in the District for $5,950,000.

Perhaps he’s ready to downsize from the Georgian estate on 1.29 acres now that he’s poised to purge for the poor. In just a few weeks, Johnson is set to launch a new Web site, Clubcharity.com, an online auction allowing stars to donate valued mementos for philanthropic purposes.

Rumor has it that he came up with the idea after realizing he had too much expensive clutter at home. Washington Fine Properties’ William F.X. Moody and Robert Hryniewicki are the listing agents but declined any comment about the seller.

CALLING CAR BUFFS: JWM Family Enterprises CEO John Marriott is peeling out of his 19-year-old Colonial at NEW LONDON DRIVE in Potomac, now listed at $6.4 million. A 15-car garage

(complete with lube pit) is the highlight of the custom-built Natelli manse in Avenel. Long & Foster’s Wendy Banner is the listing agent.

FANNIE’S FORMER 3542 Newark Stree t NW FORTRESS: Now that former Fannie Intrepid Real Estate, John Mae president and CEO B. Mason, sold his triplex Daniel Mudd has moved unit at the Ritz-Carlton in to New York City to head March so he could move into up Fortress Investment a top floor penthouse. The Group, he’s selling his 22opulent edifice boasts an room Cleveland Park estate Indiana Limestone facade, at NEWARK STREET custom-crafted Varenna NW for $8.9 million. The son kitchens imported from Italy, of legendary TV news guru 10-foot ceilings, and what Roger Mudd has lived in the may be the most sought after 1927 Georgian mansion since amenity in the West End: two 2000. Listed by Washington underground parking spaces Fine Properties’ William for each unit.

F.X. Moody and Robert Hryniewicki, the property LUCKY SEVENS: In 2005, overlooking Rosedale Park WL reported that the once belonging to President Eaglecrest Compound, Grover Cleveland.

BASIL ROAD in McLean, set a record when it sold ÜBER-LUXE: Not four for $9,895,000, the highest months since sales began, price ever paid at that time the new 2501 Penn boutique for non-waterfront property condominium (sitting in Northern Virginia. Now appropriately at it’s back on the market PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE for $17,777,777. All those NW) has sold half of the sevens must have some building’s 16 units. Joining significance to current a major Washington owners, Tom Phillips sports personality (chairman of and several other Eagle Publishing, unnamed well-known Inc., as well as Washingtonian power the Conservative players is Hogan and Campaign Fund) Hartson senior partner and his wife Randall.

Kevin Lipson and his wife The 16,000-square-foot Jan, who paid $2 million Georgian Colonial manse was for their 3rd-floor abode. built in 1999 and features an St. Louis entrepreneur and indoor tennis court, a master Democratic party insider bath with a ballroom-sized Steve Roberts (called by chandelier, and an exercise CNN “the black Donald room with murals reproduced Trump”) bought his new from Leonardo da Vinci’s residence for $2,250,000. anatomical sketches.

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My Washington Sam Gilliam, abstract painter

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o matter what direction in which you go, Washington does not stop in terms of its natural settings. The tree cover extends all the way to Pennsylvania, and there are seagulls nesting in Rock Creek Park who have flown in from the Chesapeake Bay. Everything becomes like what you see in art.

You just have to know how to look at it. Here are a few of my favorite places:

1. “THE SHOWER,� George Braque, oil on canvas, 1952, the Phillips Collection. The “shower� isn’t even there – which makes you realize that what happened before is even more important. Braque considered it a work that showed Cubism was still relevant. I never go to the Phillips without looking at this reference point.

2. THE ‘BUFFALO BRIDGE� (aka the Dumbarton Street Bridge), 25th and Q streets NW. These sculptures created by Alexander Phimister Proctor in 1914-1915 are a wonderful monument to the land. They always remind me that Washington is part hill and part valley.

They are so strong, even at night.

3. ROCK CREEK PARK NEAR BEACH DRIVE and KENNEDY STREET NW. The huge boulders in the creek mark the most beautiful point in the park, preceded by the swirl of trees that almost hides the sky. They are very masculine and were probably placed there to slow the water down during oods. I have admired them for more than 50 years.

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4. UTOPIA RESTAURANT, 1418 U St NW There are lots of people in this noisy restaurant near my studio. It has great atmosphere and they have always shown art by beginners there. This makes me think of similar places on the Le Bank in Paris, where I got started.

5. THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL looks like new again a er a recent cleaning and its brightness at night makes Lincoln appear “ever ready,� just like Clint Eastwood! It is totally superior to almost anything else on the National Mall.

6. GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER WALK, Anacostia. This forest-like area with many large trees is ďŹ lled with winding footpaths that are a metaphor for all of the shortcuts people have taken over the years.

7. UPPER 13th STREET NW at Cardozo High School, a er all the painted houses with agpoles, is one of the most interesting streets in Washington. Its deep slope provides one of the best views of downtown and the monuments you will ever see.

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